94% of European Firms Call Digital Sovereignty Vital, Governance Gap Persists
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Prague – October 07, 2026 -- Ninety-four percent of European organizations now rank digital sovereignty as important to their technology strategy, with 61% calling it very important, according to the fifth annual State of Open Source in Europe report released by the Linux Foundation, LF Europe, LF Research and NeoNephos at Open Source Summit Europe. Organizations with advanced open source governance frameworks report an average return of more than 4x their investment, compared with 3.6x among those lacking formal governance structures.