AMSTERDAM, March 18 (Reuters) - The Netherlands'

parliament on Tuesday approved a series of motions calling on

the government to reduce dependence on U.S. software companies,

including by creating a cloud services platform that is under

Dutch control.

While such initiatives have foundered in the past due to a

lack of viable European alternatives, lawmakers said changing

relations with the United States under the presidency of Donald

Trump have given the issue fresh urgency.

"Considering that our total dependence on American tech

giants is a danger to our autonomy and cyber safety,

(parliament) asks the government to launch a tender for a

national cloud completely under Dutch management," one of the

motions said.

Another called on the government to re-examine a decision to

use Amazon's ( AMZN ) web services for the Netherlands' internet

domain hosting, while a third called for active development of

alternatives to U.S. software and preferential treatment for

European firms in public tenders.

The vote comes a day after dozens of European tech firms

called on the European Commission to create a sovereign

infrastructure fund to invest in European technology, including

cloud infrastructure, and a "Buy European" mandate.