Something for the weekend - what a history lesson in Bull's pedigree says about Europe's sovereignty aspirations

The article argues that Europe’s current push for digital sovereignty and AI infrastructure is not new, but part of a long pattern in which governments and industry back local technology capabilities to reduce dependence on dominant foreign suppliers. For CIOs and technology leaders, the strategic lesson is that sovereignty goals are increasingly tied to practical constraints like supply chains, manufacturing capacity, and energy availability—factors that can shape vendor choices, deployment locations, and long-term resilience for enterprise IT and AI initiatives.