Europe Reclaims Digital Sovereignty Europe is increasingly breaking away from its dependence on US technology and turning to open-source and European alternatives. Geopolitical tensions, sanctions, and the pursuit of data sovereignty are driving sensitive institutions such as militaries, courts, and central banks to make this shift. Individual cases like the International Criminal Court’s move to openDesk or the Austrian Armed Forces’ transition to LibreOffice demonstrate that this is no longer a fringe phenomenon. A WIRED reporter has now documented nearly 40 such migrations – a clear signal for companies to prepare for this direction as well. References: Burgess, M. (2025). All the ways Europe is ditching American technology. WIRED. wired.com/story/all-the-ways… (incl. Tracker: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…) Euractiv. (2025, October 30). International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative. euractiv.com/news/internatio… Heise Online. (2025, September 18). Austria’s armed forces switch to LibreOffice. heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-a… The Register. (2025, October 31). International Criminal Court dumps Microsoft Office. theregister.com/software/202… WIRED. (2025). Trump’s aggression sours Europe on US cloud giants. wired.com/story/trump-us-clo… #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeTechShift #OpenSourceEurope #DitchBigTech #EuroStack

Beautiful venue for the #opensourceeurope summit at the National Flemish Theatre to celebrate the 10th anniversary of @OpenForumEurope and the role of opensource in democratizing access and collaboration in technology.

📢 Read our write-up with the highlights of the @linuxfoundation Europe Spotlight 2023 Report! Discover key insights into the state of EU OS innovation, opportunities, and challenges. 📊 #OSPO #OpenSourceEurope ↘️ joinup.ec.europa.eu/collecti…

The "Open Source and the European Commission" talk will start now! Join @Sjig, Expert for Internal Open Source Strategy at @EU_Commission and @saranjitarora, Project Manager @ OSPO in the European Commission, on the Main Stage! #OpenSource #OpenSourceLX #OpenSourceEurope #DIGIT

Looking forward to this one. I’ll be keynoting on Brexit, the impact of geo political shift on tech and the need for the open communities to stand firm in our global collaboration and support of each other #2020 #opensource #Brexit #opensourceeurope