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Alexandra Geese

German Green MEP who put on the public record the connection between US trade pressure (DSA, trade framework) and the CAIDA delay.

Alexandra Geese is a German Green MEP who tracks EU digital sovereignty and platform-accountability legislation, including the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

Last refreshed: 26 July 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic

Key Question

Is the EU secretly trading away its cloud sovereignty law to protect car exports?

Timeline for Alexandra Geese

#6 27 May

EU sovereignty law slips a third time

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Background

Alexandra Geese is a German member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA group, sitting on committees covering the digital single market and technology regulation. She has been a consistent voice on digital-rights and sovereignty questions, including the Digital Services Act's platform accountability provisions and the Commission's broader tech sovereignty legislative agenda.

In May 2026, on the third slip of the Cloud and AI Development Act's (CAIDA) adoption date, Geese put on the public record what others in Parliament had said only privately: that the EU had deliberately kept digital rules out of the August 2025 EU-US trade framework, yet Washington kept pressing on the DSA regardless, and that pressure was directly connected to the CAIDA delay. The intervention named a mechanism the Commission could not formally acknowledge.

She took the same critical line when the Commission's first Digital Markets Act fine against Google landed on 23 July 2026, calling the 890 million euro penalty disappointing and unrelated to the scale of damage Google had done to the European economy. Her positioning puts her at odds with the German government's more conciliatory posture toward Washington on digital enforcement.

Common Questions
Who is Alexandra Geese and what does she do in the EU Parliament?
Alexandra Geese is a German Green MEP in the European Parliament focusing on digital regulation and tech sovereignty. She has been outspoken on the Digital Services Act and the CAIDA cloud sovereignty law.Source: event
What did Alexandra Geese say about the EU cloud sovereignty law delay?
Geese stated publicly that the CAIDA delay is connected to sustained US pressure on the EU via the trade framework, noting that while digital rules were kept out of the August 2025 EU-US trade deal, Washington has continued pressing on the Digital Services Act as a bargaining lever.Source: Politico
Why does the EU-US trade framework affect the CAIDA cloud law?
The EU excluded digital regulation from the August 2025 EU-US trade framework, but the US continued pressing on the Digital Services Act and CAIDA anyway, using threatened automotive and luxury tariffs worth up to $200bn as leverage, particularly over Germany.Source: event
Why did Alexandra Geese criticise the EU's fine on Google?
The German Green MEP said the 890 million euro fine was disappointing and would not deter a company of Google's size from repeating the Conduct.Source: Lowdown briefing #13 (update 640)
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