In any big organization, the more you try to "share", the more bureaucracy is involved, because you have to get people to agree. You can hardly get agreement on

In any big organization, the more you try to "share", the more bureaucracy is involved, because you have to get people to agree. You can hardly get agreement on how things should be done in a company, let alone in the EU. In any big organization, it's better to ask for forgiveness than for permission, meaning that it's better to build it first, prove that it works and then seek to establish it as a standard, than vice versa. And if there are multiple competing proposals, then competition is healthy. Do all countries have the same commitment to privacy? No. Are all countries willing to work within the limitations imposed by Apple/Google? No. Disagreement is natural and it would be pretty stupid for everyone to stand still until an agreement is reached. Besides, 20 million euro for a country like Germany is peanuts. All EU countries have spent far more than that during the lockdown.