On 3 June 2026, the European Commission (“Commission“) published its proposal for a Regulation establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s cloud and AI ecosystem—the Cloud and AI Development Act (“CADA Proposal“). The CADA Proposal sits at the heart of the Commission’s broader Tech Sovereignty Package (which we describe at a high level here), and aims to address what the Commission perceives as two critical vulnerabilities in the EU’s digital landscape: a structural deficit in data centre capacity and a dependence on a limited number of non-EU cloud computing service providers.
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Dita Charanzová
Dita Charanzová advises on European policymaking and international regulatory strategy, drawing on more than two decades of experience in EU institutions and diplomacy. She served as a Member of the European Parliament from July 2014 to July 2024 and as Vice President from July 2019 to July 2024, with responsibilities including cybersecurity and institutional relations, including relations with national parliaments, and parliamentary relations with North and South America. Her work has focused on the digital agenda, consumer protection, the internal market, and international trade.
In her advisory work, Dita, a non-lawyer, helps organizations anticipate and navigate EU policy and legislative developments—particularly at the intersection of digital regulation, internal market rules, consumer protection, and trade. She brings seniorâlevel insight into how priorities are shaped within the EU institutions and in particular in the European Parliament. Her experience includes highâvisibility leadership roles in the European Parliament and work on major EU digital and internal market files, including the Digital Services Act, the European Electronic Communications Code, the General Product Safety Regulation, and the Web Accessibility Directive. Dita served as a Vice-president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party from 2018 to 2023. She also previously served in the Czech diplomatic service, including a posting to the Permanent Representation to the EU, and chaired the Trade Policy Committee of the Council of the European Union during the Czech EU presidency in 2009.
EU Tech Sovereignty Package
On June 3, the European Commission published its Tech Sovereignty Package, a set of legislative and policy initiatives designed to address what the Commission characterizes as Europe’s technological dependencies on non-European suppliers. The Package marks a further step in the evolution of the EU’s technology policy, with initiatives spanning the full tech stack—from chips and infrastructure to software, cloud, and artificial intelligence. Through this “ecosystem” approach, the Commission seeks to reduce supply-side dependencies by strengthening domestic capabilities in Europe and stimulating demand in downstream sectors.
The Package comprises four components: two legislative proposals—(i) the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA), and (ii) the Chips Act 2.0—as well as two non-legislative initiatives—(iii) the EU Open Source Strategy and (iv) a Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in Energy.
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