French NATIONAL DIGITAL SECURITY STRATEGY — objective 5 OBJECTIVE Along with voluntary Member States, France will be the driving force behind European strategic autonomy. It will play an active role in the promotion of a safe, stable and open cyberspace. ORIENTATIONS > Establishing a road map for European strategic autonomy with voluntary Member States. This road map, which is open to the European Union Member States, will determine the key factors of success of the short-term implementation of the policies that are adequate for the emergence of a European digital strategic autonomy, notably in terms of regulations, standardisation and certification, research and development, trust in digital technology — while respecting Member States’ sovereignty — the protection of privacy and personal data conceived of as a public interest property. Similarly, France will ensure that the international treaties negotiated in the name of Europe do not lead to technological or economic dependence of European stakeholders and to the alienation of the personal data of its citizens or sensitive data of its administrations, sources of destabilization of cyberspace. This will involve making Europe the digital territory that is most respectful of the fundamental rights of individuals and implementing a zone of trust and economic prosperity, in line with the precursor work between France and Germany on Cloud computing and the encrypted exchange of e-mails between the two countries. > Reinforcing French presence and influence in the international discussions on cybersecurity. In order to reinforce trust on an international level and to explore new regulation mechanisms aimed at preventing conflicts in cyberspace, France will reinforce its contact with all the parties directly involved who are willing to engage in dialogue on the issues of cybersecurity. Participation in multilateral negotiations on cybersecurity (UNO, OSCE) will be intensified in order to consolidate a global base of commitments to good 39