# EU & Civil Society need to progress on Digital Autonomy

DevFeed: [EU & Civil Society need to progress on Digital Autonomy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/eu-civil-society-need-to-progress-on-digital-autonomy-36387.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/eu-civil-society-need-progress-digital-autonomy/>)

Published: 2026-06-15T13:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [digital sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-sovereignty.md>), [digital](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [digital-autonomy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-autonomy.md>), [digital-sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-sovereignty.md>), [eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [influence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/influence.md>), [people](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/people.md>), [progress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/progress.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that European discussions about digital autonomy and sovereignty are stalled and need to move beyond legislation and references to European values. It calls for broader civil-society involvement, including procurement officials, IT departments, vendors, and government executives, to support practical progress.

## Source excerpt

By now (happily) everyone wants to talk about digital autonomy, although some parties insist we talk about sovereignty. Fine. tl;dr: The discussions on digital autonomy are now going round in circles. Civil society and think tanks want to contribute, and are well placed to do so. In this piece, I urge everyone to look further ahead, beyond legislation and talking about European values. The road to digital sovereignty is very long, and we need to make progress along that entire road, which includes things further afield than what we are discussing now.