Sick of Microsoft and Google? This new European office suite is a private, open-source alternative

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Office EU is a European open-source office suite.
• The creators are counting on Europe’s demand for digital sovereignty.
• It aims to rival Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

Digital sovereignty in Europe is taking another step forward. Office.eu has officially launched in The Hague. This new cloud service is positioning itself as a fully European, open‑source‑based alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. The service promises digital sovereignty, strict compliance with European Union (EU) law, and a familiar cloud‑office experience for organizations wary of US platforms.

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The new service is operated entirely by European owners and runs solely on EU-based infrastructure and data centers. This design, the company argues, keeps customer data “under European jurisdiction” and…