The European Commission kills an important driver of European sovereignty and competitiveness: the open source strategy.

[vepr_jako_pepr@mastodon.social]

@alexandrageese who would have guessed that they want control over freedom for all

[musicman@mastodon.social]

@alexandrageese I initially read this as "Communism cuts open source strategy..." and was like, wut?

but now I see it says Commission and am like....wut?

[aimee@mastodon.nz]

@alexandrageese ARG!!!!

[nextgraph@fosstodon.org]

@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.

[nextgraph@fosstodon.org]

@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.

Just a moment...

(www.euractiv.com)

I can only find an article on CNBC from a week ago, announcing the May 27th Tech Sovereignty package unveiling.

Access Denied

(www.cnbc.com)

[nextgraph@fosstodon.org]

@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.

[nextgraph@fosstodon.org]

@renchap @alexandrageese Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA/CAIDA): The CADA is now expected to be proposed on 27 May 2026. A flagship legislative initiative aimed at tripling EU data centre capacity, establishing EU-wide eligibility requirements for cloud service providers, and creating a single EU-wide cloud policy for public administrations and procurement. The Act, proposed around the same time as a revision of EU public procurement rules, is being dubbed the "tech sovereignty package"

[nextgraph@fosstodon.org]

@renchap @alexandrageese ok... I finally found the agenda of next Commission meeting on the 27th of May, and Open Source is still there (as of 22 April). Henna Virkkunen will be talking about it, as you can see in this PDF
https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/api/files/SEC(2026)2563_0/090166e52c7b98a3?rendition=false

Correction: see my latest post in thread: this agenda has been changed yesterday and the Open Source mention has been removed.

[nextgraph@fosstodon.org]

@renchap But... A week ago, Matthieu Pollet was moderating an interview of Thibaut Kleiner at the POLITICO Ai & Tech Week, so he might have heard new developments that are not public yet....

Cloud law will stop Europe becoming tech ‘colony,’ Commission official says

The fresh comments suggest Brussels plans to take a tough approach to wean the continent off foreign technology.

POLITICO (www.politico.eu)

Maybe @alexandrageese knows more about that, as she relayed the news coming from . Pollet today?

[nextgraph@fosstodon.org]

@renchap @alexandrageese So, Mattheiw Pollet was right. Unfortunately i can see what he was alluding to. Yesterday, an update for the agenda of the Commission meeting of 27th of May, has been published, and if you compare it to the one I just shared above (dated 22 April), you will see that indeed, "Open Source strategy" is GONE!
Or maybe it has been renamed "Communication on European Tech Sovereignty". Is she gonna talk about Open Source or not? Let's check the minutes

Register of Commission Documents

(ec.europa.eu)

[adalanerd@eldritch.cafe]

@alexandrageese
Hello, could you please share the URL of the source so we can read more about it? Couldn't find it on my own...

[tanja@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]

@alexandrageese@bonn.social I just hope that's misreporting, especially considering I can't find any other sources talking about how the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu wants to sabotage itself that way

[flippoflip@norden.social]

@alexandrageese the @EUCommission most definitely is going the wrong way then.

[energisch_@troet.cafe]

@alexandrageese wtf??? @EUCommission WHY?

[vgoller@nrw.social]

@alexandrageese like with Oil & Gas, #usa has little else to offer that Corporate greet. If we bail out oil, gas and Microsoft, they lose billions, if not trillions. If we get serious, it’s like a 1000% tariff on all that USA has to offer. I still believe that is also a major reason why Putin attacked Ukraine. If you run the gas station for your town and the town tell you that within next years you will not need anymore gas, you get mad. Sure you do anything to stop progress.

[vgoller@nrw.social]

@alexandrageese not that I think we don’t have to do it, but some people will get really mad. And the commission feels the pressure. The #usa will try to cut trade with eu in retaliation.
Btw, same with NATO spendings. Trump wanted NATO to spend more, because we bought a lot of our shit in the USA. Now we order more locally and from like minded partners. We have SAFE act. #trump hates it. USA wants uns to spend 5% on defense, but please with US suppliers.

[askans@bonn.social]

@alexandrageese
@EUCommission why such a move?

[arnebab@rollenspiel.social]

@nextgraph The Open Source Strategy is one of the truly good things, actually pushing for welfare of the population and innovation at the same time. Cutting that would be ludicrous.

If they pull through with cutting it, it is ludicrous.
@renchap @alexandrageese

[turre@mementomori.social]

@alexandrageese Ufff, cutting out the only thing that can give you *real* sovereignty.

Lobbyists been busy beavers again.

@EUCommission we need OSS back in there, and we need them bleeping lobbyists out of the lobbies of decision making.

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@alexandrageese

Barrels of money lobbying.