2026 State of Open Source Europe

What does digital sovereignty look like in practice—and how can Europe achieve it? The Digital Commons EDIC brings countries together to develop shared digital infrastructure and resources that can strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty. But digital commons are not new. What makes this European approach different, and what problems can it actually solve? This panel will introduce the DC-EDIC, explore its vision for digital sovereignty, and examine how shared infrastructure, open technologies, and collective governance can contribute to a more resilient, interoperable, and sovereign digital Europe through the eyes of the newly founded organisation and its Member States.

The European Commission has moved its profiles to W Social. That's a terrible decision.

Drop into any of the French capital’s ‘third places’ and you’ll find food, culture, community – and an antidote to the disaffection extremists feed on, says Paris-based writer Alexander Hurst

My dislike strong opposition to engaging with “AI” generated things, be that texts, images, code or anything else is well-documented. But avoiding the mindless slop is still getting harder, as it seems that more and more developers, writers – and of course SEO-scum trying to make quick buck – can’t...

I’m publishing an email I just sent to Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan, on a truly hideous and anti-democratic European law that Ireland is strenuously supporting. It’s looking like Germany, which was strong on data protection, may crack and support this law, too. This week is make or break week for ‘chat control’, a […]