Australia needs to have a rethinking of its geopolitics strategy. It still seems to think it's part of Europe while at the same time being one of the members of Five Eyes, which makes it an extension of USA and UK's intelligence network (which has become problematic from the EU's perspective). In reality, Australia's biggest trade partners are all Asian (China, Japan, South Korea, India). If anything, Australia should be seeking to join efforts with its Asian partners and neighbours.
I'd argue Aus should really seek a policy of neutrality, and strong Asian trade. Remaining neutral requires strong diversification and the EU is a great independent technology supplier to keep on board.
All true but I would like the option of a local European cloud provider because of the EU privacy rules.
So that you can AUKUS us once again after signing the first waves of contracts? :)
But we do contribute to Eurovision. That'll do as a trade right? :-)
The Eurovision Song Cloud - Europes next cloud provider.
If anyone can build a European cloud surely it must have an Euro-vision! /s
Some here think that we should have stayed with the French contract
Any free country should be able to join, maybe one day US can too