Digital Sovereignty Is No Longer a Buzzword — It's

Just days before this conference, the European Commission adopted the European Technological Sovereignty Package, placing open source explicitly at the centre of Europe's digital strategy for the first time. The timing is not coincidental. It is the political response to a structural dependency Europe can no longer afford to ignore: critical infrastructure — including healthcare — running on platforms controlled by others. This talk makes a practical argument: digital sovereignty has moved from political rhetoric to procurement reality. Across Europe, more than 20 governments have

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