The EU unveiled a tech sovereignty package to cut reliance on foreign cloud, chip and software providers, while keeping markets open to selected partners. 🇪🇺
The plan adds cloud sovereignty tiers, backs EU tech capacity, expands chip intervention powers, and allocates €2B for open-source software. 🔓

🔗 techpolicy.press/eu-unveils-sw…

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EU Unveils Sweeping Tech Sovereignty Push, Balancing Autonomy with Openness

The “tech sovereignty” package marks the bloc’s most ambitious attempt yet to reduce dependence on non-European providers, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

^{Ramsha Jahangir (Tech Policy Press)}

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.

We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.

Here’s our full statement: blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/…

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