"The European Commission has launched a fresh consultation into open source, setting out its ambitions for Europe's developer communities to go beyond propping up US tech giants' platforms. In a "Call for Evidence" published this week, Brussels says the EU's reliance on non-European technology suppliers (read: US tech giants) has become a strategic liability, limiting choice, weakening competitiveness, and creating supply chain risks across everything from cloud services to critical infrastructure."
"A strong and developed open source sector can effectively contribute to further EU innovation and accelerate standardisation, strengthening the EU's international competitiveness, preserving its sovereignty, and ensuring its continuous economic prosperity, security, resilience, and global influence. Innovators, startups and small to medium-sized enterprises are significant drivers as they bring innovative open source-based products and solutions to the market, the Commission said."
The European Commission launched a Call for Evidence on open source running January 6 to February 3 as a step toward a formal European Open Digital Ecosystems strategy. The initiative frames dependence on non-European technology suppliers, particularly US tech companies, as a strategic liability that limits choice, weakens competitiveness, and creates supply chain and security risks across cloud services and critical infrastructure. Open source is positioned as core infrastructure that can enable a diverse portfolio of secure digital solutions, foster innovation among startups and SMEs, accelerate standardisation, and strengthen EU competitiveness, sovereignty, resilience, and global influence.
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