"We cannot allow someone to try to influence our own decisions," Ribera warned.
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera has pointed to US visa restrictions imposed on European Commission officials, including former commissioner Thierry Breton, as a case for European digital sovereignty.
Speaking at a European Parliament event on Tuesday, Ribera said the EU cannot “normalise” threats of US sanctions for enforcing EU digital rules and must “develop our own capacities.”
“We cannot allow someone to try to influence our own decisions, our own values, our own well-functioning economy and services,” Ribera also warned.
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