BERLIN: Germany still depends far too much on software from the United States, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday, calling for Europe to focus more on digital sovereignty and its own data centers.
“I want us in Europe, not just us in Germany, but we in Europe as a whole, to become more independent, more sovereign, and to develop some of our strengths ourselves,” he told an audience at a summit in Berlin.
He said rules are no longer being observed in the United States, which has fundamentally transformed over the last few years so that changes will not revert after the next election.
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Germany’s Merz says Europe still far too dependent on software from US
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Germany’s Merz says Europe still far too dependent on software from US
- Merz said rules are no longer being observed in the United States
Iranian frigate sinking off Sri Lanka: foreign minister
- Sri Lanka sent ships and aircraft to rescue 30 Iranian sailors aboard the Iranian frigate Iris Dena which was sinking Wednesday just outside the island’s territorial waters
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka sent ships and aircraft to rescue 30 Iranian sailors aboard the Iranian frigate Iris Dena which was sinking Wednesday just ouside the island’s territorial waters, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.
He told parliament that 30 injured sailors were being brought to a hospital in the island’s south from the 180-crew frigate was sinking from dawn.
He told parliament that 30 injured sailors were being brought to a hospital in the island’s south from the 180-crew frigate was sinking from dawn.
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