Johanna Parikka Altenstedt
The EU Open Source Strategy from June 2026 places open source at the centre of the EU’s technological sovereignty by promoting European open alternatives to non-EU proprietary solutions in critical domains.
The Strategy aims to strengthen Europe’s open digital ecosystems by supporting the development, scaling, deployment and long-term sustainability of open source technologies across both the public and private sectors.
The strategy is embedded in the broader Communication on European Technological Sovereignty, part of the EU Digital Sovereignty Package, alongside initiatives such as the proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act, the proposal for a Chips Act 2.0, and the Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in Energy.
Johanna Parikka Altenstedt sorts out the different legal initiatives and components, and explains how they together aim to create a coherent framework for Europe’s digital infrastructure, strengthening resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy and thus innovation in EU.
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