More than fifty organisations defending individual rights in the digital environment sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Tuesday 2 September, asking her to “stand firm” in the face of the “new threats posed by the United States to European sovereignty and democracy”.
The repeated offensives and threats of sanctions (see EUROPE B13701A21) “are the actions of an adversary prepared to use any means necessary to weaken its opponent”,...