Digital sovereignty has become Europe’s top priority — here's how open source is helping pave the way

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Digital sovereignty in Europe has grown from a simple talking point into a strategic priority, and open source software (OSS) is perceived as the continent's way of achieving that goal. However, there is no sovereignty without security.

At the recent Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Europe, the Foundation’s Madalin Neag and Mirko Boehm argued that many of Europe's seemingly separate technology initiatives - from NIS2 and DORA to the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its broader Tech…