The first article in one of our national newspapers this morning about the launch of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium ( #EDIC) today 🍾🇪🇺

Title: "Europe takes first step towards digital independence. Four European countries are taking on the American tech giants, taking the lead in developing European software." 🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy #opensource

We're hosting our German #OpenDesk and French #LaSuite colleagues at the Dutch Ministry of Interior today to exchange experiences with our #MijnBureau team 🇩🇪🇫🇷

This is in preparation of the official European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) launch tomorrow in The Hague. 🍾

The #EDIC will be a consortium of several EU member states to fund, support and build more #opensource EU alternatives together, like the sovereign workspaces replacing Microsoft.

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy

Hereby officially confirmed, I'll be speaking at @fosdem in 2026! 🥳🥳

If you want to be late to lunch and you'd like to listen to a lightning fast talk about open source in the Dutch government, come to the Legal and Policy Devroom from 12:00 to 12:25 on Saturday!

#FOSDEM #fosdem2026 #foss #opensource #eupolicy #digitalsovereignty

Hereby officially confirmed, I'll be speaking at @fosdem in 2026! 🥳🥳

If you want to be late to lunch and you'd like to listen to a lightning fast talk about open source in the Dutch government, come to the Legal and Policy Devroom from 12:00 to 12:25 on Saturday!

#FOSDEM #fosdem2026 #foss #opensource #eupolicy #digitalsovereignty

The European Digital Infrastructure Consortium ( #EDIC) has officially been launched 🥳🎉🍾🇪🇺

We had EU delegates from NL, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, and Hungary on stage, with livestream of all participants holding balloons in the background.

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #eupolicy

The first article in one of our national newspapers this morning about the launch of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium ( #EDIC) today 🍾🇪🇺

Title: "Europe takes first step towards digital independence. Four European countries are taking on the American tech giants, taking the lead in developing European software." 🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy #opensource

We're hosting our German #OpenDesk and French #LaSuite colleagues at the Dutch Ministry of Interior today to exchange experiences with our #MijnBureau team 🇩🇪🇫🇷

This is in preparation of the official European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) launch tomorrow in The Hague. 🍾

The #EDIC will be a consortium of several EU member states to fund, support and build more #opensource EU alternatives together, like the sovereign workspaces replacing Microsoft.

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy

Masks are down.

EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday agreed to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU's first omnibus simplification package.

The outcome illustrates the EPP's willingness to abandon its traditional centrist allies and press ahead with the support of far-right groups to pass its deregulation agenda, setting a precedent for future lawmaking in Parliament for the rest of the mandate.
https://www.politico.eu/article/epp-votes-with-far-right-to-approve-cuts-to-green-rules/
#fascism #europe #EUPolicy #eu #Climate #ClimateCrisis #greenenergy #capitalism #classwar

Masks are down.

EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday agreed to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU's first omnibus simplification package.

The outcome illustrates the EPP's willingness to abandon its traditional centrist allies and press ahead with the support of far-right groups to pass its deregulation agenda, setting a precedent for future lawmaking in Parliament for the rest of the mandate.
https://www.politico.eu/article/epp-votes-with-far-right-to-approve-cuts-to-green-rules/
#fascism #europe #EUPolicy #eu #Climate #ClimateCrisis #greenenergy #capitalism #classwar

Surveillance tech and digital ID systems can be seized by oligarchs for a take-over of contemporay society. It happened in USA, and Europe should understand this well to defend us all from it. https://authoritarian-stack.info #DigitalRights #EUPolicy