<![CDATA[Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package.]]>Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. 🇪🇺

And the demand is clear. When purchasing software products, European authorities must prioritize

- Open source
- Buy European

The Americans buy American, the Chinese buy Chinese, when will Europe start to support its own industry?

The EU Tech Sovereignty Package can be a turning point for .

But will they be bold enough?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/783d199f-ee65-451d-94a2-2d60a8dfe392/today-is-the-day-the-european-commission-is-expected-to-publish-the-eu-tech-sovereignty-package.RSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 08:37:58 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2026 11:13:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:57:26 GMT]]>@ilumium Having said that, I really think it's important that companies are transparent about where the data is stored. Jurisdictionally, not street-level addresses, of course. I just don't think a big company like Google could do that because the answer is probably a dozen different countries.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116687703031801631https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116687703031801631Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:57:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:54:46 GMT]]>@david I agree, that is a good point.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116687692515645979https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116687692515645979Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:54:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:50:41 GMT]]>@ilumium @Tutanota Google (for instance) may operate in the EU, and therefore be subject to the laws in the EU, but the location of the data is.. somewhere/everywhere. I am concerned more about the privacy of data since it can be used to oppress people. The UK and USA regularly share intelligence. I'd rather that data stored out of the reach of countries whose integrity is currently in question. A smaller company is likely to have our data in fewer places.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116687676495456292https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116687676495456292Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:50:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:45:03 GMT]]>@david I hear you, I really do. But I think the narrative that companies will better respect EU data protection (or any other) law because they're European (and more likely break it when they're not) is at best misleading.

Of course EU law applies to *all* companies active on the EU market, regardless of their HQ's location. And there are plenty of EU-based firms that routinely break .

@Tutanota

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116687654307458689https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116687654307458689Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:45:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:38:55 GMT]]>@fruitless_tux Yes that's correct. But the post is part of a larger political debate in which the argument is mostly used by industrial politicians and industry lobbyists who want to hijack to funnel money into whatever is "European industry."

@Tutanota

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116687630236673535https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/ilumium/statuses/116687630236673535Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:38:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:33:19 GMT]]>@Tutanota SUSE ftw

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/utf_7/statuses/116687372256503131https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/utf_7/statuses/116687372256503131Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:33:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:55:27 GMT]]>@Tutanota We should be independent where it counts…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116686987420732987https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116686987420732987Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:55:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:47:22 GMT]]>@ilumium Thanks for joining the discussion. We absolutely agree to anything you just said!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Tutanota/statuses/116686955642001163https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Tutanota/statuses/116686955642001163Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:46:01 GMT]]>@Tutanota

How long will it take until vdLeyen tells Trump "ooops sorry, this wasn't serious, of course"?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/HaraldKi/statuses/116686950355413827https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/HaraldKi/statuses/116686950355413827Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:46:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:13:43 GMT]]>@Tutanota

"The Americans buy American, the Chinese buy Chinese, when will Europe start to support its own industry?"

The Americans buy Asian products sold as American brands.

And is deglobalisation and more nationalism really the solution?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mterburg/statuses/116686823337134415https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mterburg/statuses/116686823337134415Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:13:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:38:16 GMT]]>@Tutanota you forgot Sailfish OS (and Jolla Phones)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/s1m0n4/statuses/116686683923087891https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/s1m0n4/statuses/116686683923087891Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:38:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:41:58 GMT]]>@cohentheblue @ilumium @Tutanota I would if I could. I’m in England. I’m a bit resigned to believing English people seem to be turkeys voting for Christmas. Giving up our rights without a fight out of fear of “otherness”, the government and opportunistic people are currently wrongly directing at immigrants.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116686462535585246https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116686462535585246Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:41:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:34:29 GMT]]>@david @ilumium @Tutanota Perhaps you're from Scotland, in which case you should support the independence movement as loud as you can...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/cohentheblue/statuses/116686433154787116https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/cohentheblue/statuses/116686433154787116Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:17:06 GMT]]>@Tutanota

Growing up in the 1980s, I was taught that the European social-capitalist model offered a fair balance between capitalism and communism.

Our representative democracies have been both a strength and a weakness—providing stability, yet often struggling to preserve and implement the values on which the model was built.

Combined with globalization and the influence of powerful interests, this has contributed to the erosion of many of its achievements.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116581065172865367/statuses/116686364797095498https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116581065172865367/statuses/116686364797095498Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:17:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:08:21 GMT]]>@Tutanota

The EU HAS to be bold enough, we can do it and more than do this, just need to get on with it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/zleap/statuses/116686330383544515https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/zleap/statuses/116686330383544515Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:08:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:03:57 GMT]]>@Tutanota "But will they be bold enough?" No, they won't.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.cairobraga.com/users/cairobraga/statuses/01KT6SAQJ6MDFHX3REGRZR886Ghttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.cairobraga.com/users/cairobraga/statuses/01KT6SAQJ6MDFHX3REGRZR886GWed, 03 Jun 2026 13:03:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:53:19 GMT]]>@fruitless_tux @ilumium @Tutanota @protonprivacy I think it’s specifically the initiative, and if Proton isn’t a part, it’s not on the list. Perhaps it can’t be as it’s not EU. It’s not a statement that it’s bad or anything, obviously, just this new scheme. And it’s a chance for lesser known companies to become choices. Proton is well known enough already!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116686271268833067https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116686271268833067Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:53:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:51:26 GMT]]>@Tutanota In more laymen's terms, the EU is more of a 'patchwork' of countries, loosely tied. Therefore, more singular momentum in prioritized root infrastructure, is equally aloof, compared to more singular entities like the US and China - even given the bipolar duopoly in the US.

It's a very low probability this will ever change - especially the too-many-polar axes of the EU.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115804392237962628/statuses/116686263838086238https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115804392237962628/statuses/116686263838086238Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:51:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:45:42 GMT]]>@Tutanota Unfortunately such a huge focus on "AI, AI, AI"... the real importance is the fundamentals of data sovereignty (European data housed in Europe by European companies) and software. AI is a distraction.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/bishop6/statuses/116686241327103730https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/bishop6/statuses/116686241327103730Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:45:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:42:46 GMT]]>@ilumium @Tutanota I think the sentiment is to buy European because the laws governing the data is in the hands of Europe, and we can improve legislation. Well I say “we”, but I’m in the UK and have no trust in the UK government’s ability to create good data protection laws. Which is why I am hoping the EU will continue pushing in its current direction.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116686229734416313https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116686229734416313Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:42:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:26:46 GMT]]>@ilumium @Tutanota For that, EU politicians need to admit that this Capitalist system has failed, and start to think about an alternative (that’s not one on the other previously failed systems). But not caving to oligarchs and their FOMO of USA oligarchs seems like a difficult proposition for our EU representatives right now…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dmian/statuses/116686166830073487https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dmian/statuses/116686166830073487Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:26:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:10:04 GMT]]>@Tutanota I can only believe that when you will experience it in the near future and will write us some feedback. Otherwise it is just another hype, big words, empty promise, etc.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/cavallo_pazzo/statuses/116686101199947970https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/cavallo_pazzo/statuses/116686101199947970Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:10:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:47:43 GMT]]>@Tutanota I would say ,not right now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lusogeek/statuses/116686013279069236https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lusogeek/statuses/116686013279069236Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:47:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Today is the day: The European Commission is expected to publish the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:47:08 GMT]]>@Tutanota "The Americans buy American, the Chinese buy Chinese, when will Europe start to support its own industry?"

I was asking this for quite some time. But i guess it's easier to simply buy something from a predatory company than investing a little in something own.

I wish there was an EU Open Source fund which supports European developers - on a recurring basis - if their main daily work is maintaining the software.
We have good software in Europe, we're just not supporting it enough.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Brokar/statuses/116686010999162336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Brokar/statuses/116686010999162336Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:47:08 GMT