Principles
The foundations the case rests on.
Three-Outcomes Principle · Five-Position Framework · Stack Sovereignty
The Case
The Emperor’s New Cloud is the case for European digital sovereignty. The Manifesto is the eight demands on one page. Each demand sits on the layers below.
Laws
The eight legal demands that turn the Manifesto into law.
1. Define Sovereignty · 2. Mandate Compliance · 3. Invest Don't Subsidise · 4. Validate European Cryptography · 5. Make State Aid Lawful · 6. Defend Against Acquisitions · 7. Demand Algorithmic Transparency · 8. Build Public Citizen Tools
Stacks
The twelve sovereignty stacks the laws apply to.
Software · Hardware · Communications · Payments · Identity · Healthcare · Information · Military and Intelligence · AI · Platform and Open Source · Space · Distributed Ledger Technology
Patterns
Twelve mechanisms the laws and stacks share.
Anchor Demand · Buy European · Stack Contamination · The Three Levers · First-Movers Advantage · Phased Compliance · Funded or Mandated · Locked to Europe · Permanent Owner, Live Operator · One System, Many Mirrors · Training-Data Rights · Coordinate, Don't Centralise
Papers
The twenty-eight papers that make the case in full, with filtering by cluster and audience role.