> More on-topic: If the EU doesn't have software companies to rival those of the US, that's not because those US companies exist. If the EU is bad at software innovation, what makes you think we'll be any good at making clones?

China. See Tencent, Baidu, ...

> Also, most companies that care about data security and are afraid of industrial espionage from the US have already switched

In my experience, no they haven't. Several government departments where I live use Google docs. Since they handle private information, I'm not sure how I feel about that.