European industry fears ‘back door’ for US in cloud law

May 6, 2026

Politico Europe: Frank Karlitschek, the CEO of German provider Nextcloud, said at POLITICO’s AI & Tech Week that he expects the EU will propose a law “with a little nice exception at the end,” saying it’s okay to use U.S. cloud providers if there are no good European alternatives — something he described as a “back door” for a hugely dominant American industry…