Sebastian Raible

Live now in the European Parliament, a hearing of International Criminal Court Judges that have been sanctioned by the US. Judge Hohler is describing how difficult it is to do every-day things with no European alternative to things such as a Credit Card, and reports of having been de-banked, among other things. https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/juri-committee-meeting_20260224-1500-COMMITTEE-JURI

Meet (part of) the team of full-time advocates for #OpenSource policy in Brussels!

James Lovegrove, Paula Grzegorzewska, Clara Thébert, @jmaris@eupolicy.social and Ciarán O‘Riordan

It has been about nine years that I met Astor for the first time, when we were both still working in the European Parliament. Wishing you all the best for your transition, I‘m sure I will keep seeing you around!
And I’m excited to get to know Laszlo Igneczi, who follows him as Executive Director at @OpenForumEurope@mastodon.cloud!

@OpenForumEurope@mastodon.cloud

The special recognition award for Skills & Education, handed to Matt Venn by David Cuartielles @europeanOSacademy@fosstodon.org #opensource #OSAwards #eosawards26

Increasing the public recognition of #OpenSource, that is the goal of the #EuropeanOpenSourceAwards. The first awards gala after the inaugural awards for the @europeanOSacademy@fosstodon.org is taking place tonight in #Brussels, and I am honoured to attend!

I am excited that we will once more have the opportunity to talk about how the #OpenSource ecosystem and other civil society can best reach out to the people deciding over #EU laws and policy. During our #DevRoom at FOSDEM on Sunday, @jmaris@eupolicy.social and I will be joined by our distinguished guests Anja Wyrobek, @ella@eupolicy.social and @marcel_kolaja@mastodon.pirati.cz.

Join us at 13:00 CET! https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KS8EY3-how_to_engage_with_policymakers_as_civil_society/

In the face of mounting challenges, the opportunity that Open Source provides for the Commission and Member States grows bigger and bigger. I'm looking forward to discuss how Open Source companies are ready for business! #OpenSourceWeek #FOSDEM

@OpenForumEurope@mastodon.cloud

Today at #OSXP, I have the honour of hosting a round table discussion: Closing the backdoor: technological sovereignty with Open Source

With a keynote address of MEP @DavidCormand@respublicae.eu, I have the opportunity to discuss with @smphr@mastodon.online of Heinlein Group, @camillem@piaille.fr of DINUM, and Mikko Malmgren of DigiFinland.

Starting Thursday 11 December, 09:55, Salle 1 (International Track) https://www.opensource-experience.com/en/video-replays/

Quite the gap between theory and practice: while German federal states, armed forces and French gendarmerie rely on #OpenSource because they have understood that #digitalSovereignty is only achievable with open technology, the closing declaration for tomorrow‘s #DigitalSummit treats OS like a hobby. 1/4