The source material consists of answers to written questions from the House of Representatives, specifically submitted by members Kathmann (GroenLinks-PvdA) and Six Dijkstra (New Social Contract), to the Minister of Justice and Security and the State Secretary of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. These questions focus on the high dependence of the Netherlands and Europe on American tech giants, particularly in the area of cloud services. The answers acknowledge an uneasy position due to the dominance of non-European cloud providers such as Amazon and Microsoft, and emphasize that the government is working to increase digital autonomy and sovereignty. Reference is made to policy initiatives such as the Digital Open Strategic Autonomy Agenda (DOSA) and the review of the government-wide cloud policy to reduce dependency, including through the exploration of a sovereign government cloud. Finally, the cabinet's commitment to cooperate with the U.S. at the European level is discussed, while critically considering a possible European digital tax in light of trade disputes.
