Research on BeLibre - Belgian Think Tank on Digital Autonomy https://belibre.be/en/tags/research/ Recent content in Research on BeLibre - Belgian Think Tank on Digital Autonomy Hugo en Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100 Beyond the Marketing: Measuring Microsoft’s Cloud Sovereignty in Europe https://belibre.be/en/sovereignty/mso-seal-assessment/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100 https://belibre.be/en/sovereignty/mso-seal-assessment/ <p><em><strong>Digital sovereignty in Europe will not be decided in press releases, but in procurement choices and legal detail.</strong></em></p> <p>BeLibre has applied the European Commission’s <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/09579818-64a6-4dd5-9577-446ab6219113_en?filename=Cloud-Sovereignty-Framework.pdf">Cloud Sovereignty Framework</a> to Microsoft’s cloud stack and produced a full SEAL‑based assessment across all eight sovereignty objectives. The focus on Microsoft is deliberate: on multiple occasions, people at Microsoft were asked, but did not answer how its services perform against this framework, while an estimated 90–95% of Belgian government services currently depend on Microsoft infrastructure.</p> BeLibre Sovereignty Map https://belibre.be/map/ Mon, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hand crafted https://belibre.be/map/ Interactive map where you can discover digital sovereignty in municipalities, schools, emergency services or other critical infrastructure in our country and beyond.