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Munich's new coalition agreement makes open source the procurement default

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.

Reported Editor-read heise online, 12 May 2026

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

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

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