Europe will enter 2027 with a growing desire to regain control over its digital future, but realism will temper ambition. New rules on AI, sovereignty, and platform power will signal strategic intent more than they deliver immediate impact. This report explains Forrester’s predictions on where consumers, companies, and policymakers will pursue selective digital autonomy, where dependence will remain unavoidable, and how European leaders should decide what to localize, concede, or abandon in 2027.