Does feel like a splinternet is inevitable, China's great firewall is just a toe in the water...

Any state wishing to maintain autonomy without bending the knee to a hegemonic AI/Data/NSA singularity will effectively have to do what North Korea did with legacy comms and economic integration

It stands to reason that Europe's legacy banking plutocracy, servile population, non-existent technology industry will have to go through a stage resembling it being the next North Korea. The difference is some member states peel off and "Europe" as it is known today shrivels down to just a few countries.