Palantir in Europe, Unavoidable or unreliable?

Paul Verhagen discusses Europe’s growing dependence on US technology providers such as Palantir, which he describes as a “magnet for controversy.”

Palantir, he argues, sits precisely where technological dependence is most critical: in military applications and intelligence systems that can be essential to European security.

Its closed software, close ties to the US government, and the politics of its leadership further raise questions about transparency, democratic oversight and strategic vulnerability.

More broadly, Verhagen argues that AI and software are increasingly becoming matters of national security and sovereignty, forcing Europe to weigh its immediate defence needs against the longer-term goal of technological autonomy.

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