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# Munich's new coalition agreement makes open source the procurement default
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-05-08-munich-coalition-open-source-standard/
- Published: 2026-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T12:00:07.000Z
- Description: Munich's new "Mango" coalition (Greens/Rosa Liste, SPD, FDP/Free Voters), governing to 2032, agreed to make open source the default for municipal software procurement under a "Public Money, Public Code" principle, strengthening its Open Source Program Office.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [heise online, 12 May 2026](https://www.heise.de/news/Muenchens-IT-Wende-Open-Source-ist-fuer-die-neue-Koalition-der-Normalfall-11292444.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any Microsoft contract has been cancelled or that the projected savings have been realised.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who made the parts. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 1 of 3 (small), Reported counts half: weight +1 of 36 possible. Coalition agreement sets open-source-default procurement, shifting software parts from US vendors. [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 2026-09-22\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)