Quartet of EU countries to cooperate on building sovereign digital infrastructure -
Alternatives to Microsoft Office are already in the works but France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands want to go further https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/quartet-of-eu-countries-to-cooperate-on-building-sovereign-digital-infrastructure/
#digitalsovereignty #Eurostack #EU

Today I'm again in Brussels to meet with Henna Virkkunen from the European Commission to discuss #EuroStack #OpenSource #Nextcloud #DigitalSovereignty #Europe

More on the #EuroStack, from @robin "The urgent question is whether the bloc’s leaders will back these words up with deeds — and if they have the will to use medicine strong enough for what ails us."

https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-brussels-belgium-trade-talks-tech/

(imho most of the Big Tech villainy in the EU could be put an end to by enforcing existing laws and regs at reasonable speed.)

Die Vision vom #EuroStack: Rettende Blaupause für Europas digitale Zukunft oder eine geschickt vermarktete Idee ohne Umsetzungschancen? Ein Hintergrund für den #Deutschlandfunk von Brüssel-Korrespondentin Annabell Brockhues und mir. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-eurostack-idee-europas-traum-von-der-digitalen-souveraenitaet-100.html #DigitaleSouveränität

There’s an old rot in the heart of European tech policy – and it’s not just from the corporate lobbies. Composting the EU Tech Mess: From #NLnet to #Eurostack https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-eu-tech-mess-from-nlnet-to-eurostack/

Composting the EU Tech Mess: From #NLnet to #Eurostack

There’s an old rot in the heart of European tech policy – and it’s not just from the corporate lobbies. It’s also sprouting from the well-funded, #NGO-flavoured corners of what should have been grassroots. A contradiction that tells us everything we need to know about how broken the current #EU #mainstreaming crew and paths are.

Take #Eurostack for example, on paper, it looks decent: a collaborative push toward European digital sovereignty, resilience, and open-source infrastructure. […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-eu-tech-mess-from-nlnet-to-eurostack/

"The most immediate goal has to be to build European cloud alternatives and create bundles of software on top, that offer attractive functionalities."

EU institutions do not have industrial policy in their DNA, and yet industrial policy is what #Eurostack needs (and not only Eurostack, as per the Draghi report). Curious to see if Jean Monnet's prophecy comes true once again, and @EUCommission comes through.

https://cristinacaffarra.blog/2025/06/26/european-digital-sovereignty-is-an-industrial-project-everyone-else-get-out-of-the-way/

Great blog about EuroStack, we need to BUILD !
"We need to think about this first and foremost as an industrial project. With some public support but one where “industry” (the supply side) needs to be given the incentive to build, and the opportunity to scale and expand. We don’t need more “events” and pensive stuff about “our European values” and “democracy” around digital sovereignty. Industry should do its thing, or nothing will happen. Wake up."
https://cristinacaffarra.blog/2025/06/26/european-digital-sovereignty-is-an-industrial-project-everyone-else-get-out-of-the-way/
#EuroStack #EU

It’s genuinely thrilling for me to take part in this transatlantic dialogue. I’d say it’s well worth spending a Sunday preparing for it #DMA #AndroidAuto #EuroStack #NFC

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hx6q6rcgnenxqssjulggjdzh/post/3lsft3mmf4c2y

Must-read #Eurostack post from Cristina Caffarra: https://cristinacaffarra.blog/2025/06/26/european-digital-sovereignty-is-an-industrial-project-everyone-else-get-out-of-the-way/ "We don’t need think tanks without experience of business who never studied an investment deck creating a dust storm with “we need to set up a big public fund! Hundreds of billions! to fund everything from Brussels!”

You don't need a big project to clone every capability of US-based hyperscale clouds to build a Eurostack that's better than the incumbents---if you make buy/build decisions based on actual IT customer needs.

Probably well known here but just to be sure. The EuroStack initiative deserves the attention it is getting. It is a complete European approach to digital sovereignty. Read all about it.
https://www.euro-stack.info/
#ict #eu #digitalsovereignty #cybersecurity #eurostack #ai #cloud #datacenters

Just became a member of @Codeberg! Supporting digital sovereignty and ethical open source beyond Big Tech.

Codeberg is a nonprofit, community-driven GitHub alternative based in Europe. It‘s IMO a foundation for a future “Eurostack” enabling a more democratic internet.

https://codeberg.org

Important update to our #SocialMediaMatrix:

@Mastodon has now been recognised as a digital public good by the #UN Initiative @dpgalliance as the only #SocialMedia. Congratulations!

Now as a criterion under »Communication: Strategic aspects « in our #SocialMediaMatrix:
https://social-media-matrix.king-consult.de/index-en.html

What does this mean? #Mastodon is highly relevant to the #SDGs - important for public organisations and sustainable companies!

@EUCommission @EDPS

Anyone here involved in the #EuroStack initiative? I worked for nine years for a company that used AWS and Azure and I'd love the opportunity to help create something not so dependent on US tech companies. (I'm based in the Netherlands.)

The #EuropeanCommission supports multi-country projects with a programme called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC). On 13 June already, France mentioned the "Digital Commons" #EDIC currently in the making, which in principle could also support a sovereign operating system such as #EU_OS.

The EDIC should be launched this summer with France , Germany , Netherlands , Italy and Slovenia !

Source (in ): https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/cigref-resilience-numerique-france-allemagne-paysbas-eurostack/

Kul att projektet börjar få spridning i gammelmedia också, det möjliggör ju att fler får reda på projektet och kan påbörja sin övergång.

Här är en intervju i Aftonbladet https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/yEByea/guide-sa-doljer-du-dig-fran-techjattarna-steg-for-steg

En intervju i Ny Teknik https://www.nyteknik.se/tech/har-ar-sajten-som-visar-hur-du-bryter-med-techjattarna/4364317

En krönika i Sydsvenskan https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/ta-den-skanska-vagen-bort-fran-silicon-valley-har-ar-hela-guiden/

Frågan är vad som är nästa steg?
#eu #TechNews #tech #eurostack #politics #news

Eurostack - come costruire l'alternativa alle big tech? Appena presentato da @vbertola

https://pretalx.com/merge-it-2025/talk/J8BMLV/