The European open source industry is ready. The question is: is Europe? 🇪🇺

🕝 In less than 48 hours, the European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package - a key moment for Europe's digital future.

What began with 15 CEOs engaging directly with Henna Virkkunen's Cabinet has grown into a coalition of 60 European technology companies united behind one proposal: Open Source First.

This means public procurement should systematically assess open source alternatives before proprietary solutions ✅ Not to limit choice, but to ensure choice is transparent, visible and accountable. Europe's open source industry is ready to strengthen digital resilience, reduce dependency on vendor lock-in and support sustainable digital sovereignty.

The coalition includes Magenta - Open source it, Univention, Integrio, :probabl., Rudder, Itway Cyber Security and Resiliency, Tech Tribes, 4Science, Zabbix, LINAGORA, CloudFerro S.A., OS Informatica di Pasqualini Giorgio, Freexian, Mindpolis, Mind, Boost Media APS, passbolt, Inxpect, Heinlein Group, MURENA, AGNITAS AG, Elastx - The Swedish Cloud Provider, Abilian, Decidim, Druid Oy, Biru Scop / Tenzu, eLabor, Librelab, SLIMBOOK, Cloudogu GmbH, Worteks, OpenNovations, Emilia Capital, Open Elements, OpenSource Science B.V., Haltu Oy, PLZ Spółdzielnia, Cloudable, SensioLabs and Stackable

👉 Find out more here: https://okt.to/ewP3yI
📝 Read the letter and co-sign: https://okt.to/bpndjQ

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