More than 120 European trade unions and civil society organizations are urging governments and the European Commission to cancel existing public sector contracts with Palantir and bar the U.S. software company from future deals.

The coalition, which includes the European Federation of Public Service Unions, Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Justice Now, set out its demands in a joint open letter signed by 125 organizations from 30 countries. The letter called for governments to develop alternative data systems for public services, create stronger safeguards against mass surveillance and push public finance institutions to divest from Palantir.

The letter adds organized pressure around Palantir’s role in government data infrastructure. The company’s software is used across healthcare, defense, law enforcement and immigration enforcement, with the coalition raising concerns about vendor dependence, data governance and public procurement. Some of Palantir’s highest-profile European public sector deployments are in the United Kingdom and NATO.

In the United Kingdom, NHS England awarded a Palantir-led group a seven-year contract worth up to £330 million (about $438 million today) in 2023 for its Federated Data Platform, which brings together information already held in separate NHS systems. NHS England said the data remains under NHS control and that Palantir cannot commercialize it, use it for its own purposes or train AI models on it.

NATO also acquired Palantir’s Maven Smart System NATO in March 2025 for Allied Command Operations. The NATO Communications and Information Agency said the system combines data and AI capabilities for functions including intelligence fusion, targeting, battlespace awareness and planning.

Against that backdrop, the coalition cites moves in several European countries to limit or seek alternatives to Palantir. The letter says Swiss authorities rejected Palantir bids at least nine times and cites reports that Spain instructed state-controlled companies not to enter new Palantir contracts. The letter also cites efforts in the Netherlands and Denmark to reduce reliance on the company. Dutch State Secretary for Defense Derk Boswijk said in June that the government aims to have a fully fledged alternative available within two years.

Palantir’s work with U.S. immigration authorities and the Israeli military also factors into the coalition’s case against further public sector contracts. U.S. federal spending records show Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded Palantir an $86.3 million order in May to modernize its Enforcement Case Management System and provide related operational capabilities. Palantir says its work with Israel’s Ministry of Defense began after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and disclosed a strategic partnership with the ministry in early 2024.

Palantir has rejected characterizations of its business as surveillance. The company says customers retain control of their data and that it does not own, collect or sell customers’ personal data. The coalition argues that Palantir’s technology can facilitate government surveillance, citing its work with ICE and its past support for predictive policing programs.

The coalition’s demands go beyond ending Palantir contracts. The letter calls on European governments to prioritize open source software for public sector data systems, develop and share alternative technologies across borders and maintain greater public control over the infrastructure used to handle government data.