"We fund the solutions, but buy the problem" , says Zuzanna Warso of the @openfuture.bsky.social at #DCPS25 #NGI #policysummit in #Brussels

Panel: #digitalsovereignty the role of the #EU budget and public investment in shaping the #internet

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons/115580812452004048

I will be live blogging from the European Commission in Brussels today and tomorrow.

Mute this thread, #dcps25, or me for 2 days if nerds talking with government leaders about free and open source software is not of interest to you at […]

~”Independence is not ‘doing it yourself’. It’s ‘not being dependent on one vendor.’” —Adriana Groh, CEO of the Sovereign Tech Agency

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The xkcd dependency comic got referenced at 15:30, almost exactly an hour into the agenda.

https://xkcd.com/2347/

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Benjamin Bögel (Cabinet of EVP Henna Virkkunen at European Commission): ~“We can be sovereign and open at the same time. It doesn’t force us to shut off our market. We can continue to collaborate at international level.”

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Getting started now. There were issues with live streaming. It will be recorded and provided later, I think.

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