In May 2026, Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency announced a grant of over €1 million to KDE, the open-source community behind the Plasma desktop environment. This significant funding, spread across 2026 and 2027, is aimed at improving KDE Plasma's quality assurance, security, and infrastructure, thereby strengthening core digital components for a more resilient and self-sufficient European open-source ecosystem.

The City of Lyon, France, commenced a phased migration in June 2025 to transition approximately 10,000 municipal civil servants from Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux desktops, OnlyOffice, and PostgreSQL. This initiative aims to enhance digital sovereignty, achieve cost efficiencies, and prolong the lifespan of existing hardware, serving as a model for other local European governments.

The Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM), France's national health insurance body, is undertaking a large-scale migration of 80,000 agents to sovereign open-source tools. This move, part of the broader French digital sovereignty push announced in April 2026, involves replacing proprietary messaging, video conferencing, and file transfer solutions with homegrown alternatives like Tchap, Visio, and FranceTransfert.

In June 2025, Denmark declared its intention to phase out Microsoft Office and Windows across its public sector, opting instead for LibreOffice and other open-source alternatives. This national-level initiative aligns with a broader European push for digital sovereignty, aiming to reduce technological dependencies and foster a more open digital infrastructure.

The German state of Schleswig-Holstein is executing one of Europe's largest public sector IT overhauls, transitioning 30,000 government computers from Microsoft Windows and Office to Linux and LibreOffice. Announced in 2025, with completion targeted for 2026, this strategic migration underscores a commitment to digital sovereignty, cost savings (projecting €15 million annually), and reducing dependence on proprietary American software.