EuroCommons

Description

French-language source: https://www.ign.fr/actualites/souverainete-numerique-europeenne-lign-prend-sa-place-dans-eurocommons

Synthesis by DeepSeek, prompted by Michel Bauwens:

EuroCommons is a European program launched by the Caisse des Dépôts as part of its "Horizon Numérique 2030" strategic plan. Its core mission is to help large European organizations—public institutions, enterprises, and administrations—reduce their dependency on non-European proprietary digital tools by migrating to open-source, European-governed alternatives.

The initiative was officially launched on July 1, 2026, at a "Coalition Day" event in Paris, which brought together hundreds of decision-makers, CIOs, and open-source vendors. The movement is structured around eleven thematic "coalitions" that cover critical domains such as cloud, collaboration, cybersecurity, AI, and geospatial information. A key goal is to pool the needs and resources of large organizations to collectively fund and develop missing functionalities in open-source software, thereby creating a viable European alternative to the dominant tech giants."