The DRTs cover the policy activities & conclusions of Member States aiming at increasing the EU's digital sovereignity. It thereby focus on meetings of the European Council, the TTE Council (Telecom Formation), and exceptional digital summits that are organised by a group of EU Member States. The series was started in 2025 with the Digital Sovereignty Summit on 18 November 2025.

Europe is living through a geoeconomic turning point: interdependence is no longer treated as a peace dividend, but as a strategic vulnerability. Nowhere is that clearer than in the digital domain, where control over data centers, cloud stacks, protocols, and data flows increasingly determines power.

Ukraine has rapidly built a resilient digital state infrastructure—even under active Russian attacks—making public services and governance more agile, transparent, and secure. The article argues that this “digital sovereignty” was constructed not through lofty policy declarations but through real wartime necessity and technological innovation. It questions why the EU hasn’t more forcefully supported or learned from Ukraine’s experience, urging greater strategic cooperation an

The new Factsheet incorporates the Platform Work Directive as well as the European Commission's 2022 Work Programme.