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# OpenForum Europe letter urges von der Leyen to fund EU Sovereign Tech Fund
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-05-08-openforum-europe-eu-sovereign-tech-fund-letter/
- Published: 2026-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:13.000Z
- Description: OpenForum Europe published a joint letter signed by 50 organisations, including Red Hat, SUSE, Mozilla and Mercedes-Benz, urging von der Leyen to back an EU Sovereign Tech Fund for open source maintenance, proposing at least EUR350 million over seven years in the 2028 to 2034 MFF.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Reported Opinion AI-drafted [OpenForum Europe public letter, 8 May 2026](https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/EU-Sovereign-Tech-Fund-Public-Support-Letter%5Fv5.pdf?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the Commission or Council has committed any funding, timeline or line item for the EU-STF; the figure and the ask are the signatories' own.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Opinion asks for EUR350 million MFF line for open source; moves no question until adopted. [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)