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I don't know any large successful project that is sponsored. Probably some boondoggles run by friends and family that go nowhere.

Suspect projects include GAIA X (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAIA-X#Controversies). It will probably have the same success as the NHS software fiasco, which wasted £10bn:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/18/nhs-records-...

This is a typical EU declaration. Many bureaucrats with their snouts in the trough in Brussels work out some whitepaper to get billable hours. The city of Munich tried to use Linux until Ballmer et al. visited and they backed off.

The EU is a racket for government officials. Most countries are worse off than before, wages go down and the middle/working class is poor. Government buildings look like palaces next to decaying houses of private "citizens" who cannot afford to maintain them (if they can buy a house at all in the first place).