Intervention: Europe and Software Security

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Proposes an EU sovereign tech fund modeled on Germany’s program, backed by a feasibility study with economists and legal work to design governance, procurement and payment channels that actually reach maintainers. Claims upstream investment in open‑source maintenance gives high ROI and cites ecosystem value of 8.8 trillion. Plans include fellowships, bounties, maintainer residencies and public procurement paths, aims to avoid double‑spend and bureaucratic blockers, and reports the German fund convinced government and now serves as the operational model to scale across member states.

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1. 0:00Introduction and agenda
2. 1:50Open source as critical infrastructure
3. 3:35German Sovereign Tech Fund origins
4. 6:48Sovereign Tech Agency’s approach
5. 9:49Scaling to European level
6. 12:00EU feasibility study plans
7. 15:29Call to action for governments

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