00:01The European Commission plans to make it easier for governments to exclude foreign companies from its public procurement market if
00:09those companies are seen as posing a risk of foreign interference.
00:13The draft document seen by Euronews proposes that public buyers must take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of security
00:21and public safety of the union.
00:23The document adds that risks to security or public safety may arise from firms that bear risk of interference or
00:31influence.
00:32These risks have increased in recent years. Some European governments have already taken measures to mitigate them.
00:39For example, France ended its contracts with Microsoft to protect French health data.
00:45It has also replaced US tech company Palantir with a French company for the processing of sensitive information.
00:51Other EU countries such as Germany, Italy and Denmark also cancelled or denied contracts to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei over
01:00security concerns.
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