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# France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy apply to form Digital Commons EDIC
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-11-france-germany-netherlands-italy-digital-commons-edic-application/
- Published: 2025-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:01:01.000Z
- Description: France, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy signed a founding document for a Digital Commons EDIC. The planned EU consortium aims to build shared open source digital infrastructure and office tools independent of US providers such as Microsoft.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [netzpolitik.org, 11 July 2025](https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitale-gemeingueter-eu-unterstuetzt-initiative-fuer-unabhaengigkeit-von-big-tech/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the European Commission has formally adopted the consortium; that decision followed only in October 2025.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-19\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)