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OpenForum Europe letter urges von der Leyen to fund EU Sovereign Tech Fund

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.

Reported Opinion AI-drafted OpenForum Europe public letter, 8 May 2026

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

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

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