Description

European Commission released EU Open Source Strategy

On 3 June 2026, the European Commission released the EU Open-Source Strategy, structured around four objectives. The first objective is to leverage open source for technological sovereignty by scaling up the Open Internet Stack, promoting open-sourc…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development, software provider: other software, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2026-01-06
in consultation

On 6 January 2026, the European Commission opened a consultation in its inquiry on setting out a ne…

2026-02-03
processing consultation

On 3 February 2026, the European Commission closes a consultation in its inquiry on setting out a n…

2026-06-03
adopted

On 3 June 2026, the European Commission released the EU Open-Source Strategy, structured around fou…