The European Commission kills an important driver of European sovereignty and competitiveness: the open source strategy. What a shame!
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@alexandrageese What??? Do you know where I can read more about it?
@renchap @alexandrageese The referenced POLITICO Pro article, (a paid service) authored by Mathieu Pollet, details the EC's apparent decision to remove open-source strategy from its tech sovereignty planning. This shift might reflect revised approaches to digital autonomy within the EU's agenda. And it could be the outcome of the public consultation on Open Source held until early February, that gathered more than 1500 contributions, and the insight the EC extracted from it.
@renchap @alexandrageese On march 17th, Euractiv was still mentioning Open Source as part of the forthcoming Tech Sovereignty Package, which was supposed to be announced in March, then in April, and will eventually come on the 27th of May. And as per Mathieu Pollet, it seems Open Source has been removed from it.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/eus-flagship-tech-sovereignty-package-delayed-again/
I can only find an article on CNBC from a week ago, announcing the May 27th Tech Sovereignty package unveiling.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/eu-commission-cloud-sensitive-data.html
@renchap @alexandrageese
07/05/2026 agenceurope.eu : The EC has responded to the Trump administration’s criticism of the future European package on tech sovereignty, due to be presented on Wednesday 27 May. “The Commission is indeed working on a future package on tech sovereignty. What is the issue? Europe needs to get its act together and take action in the strategic sectors that are essential for our future. It’s not about the United States, it’s about Europe”, said spokesman Thomas Regnier.
