Europe builds sovereign Google Docs alternative

A coalition of European companies (Nextcloud, Proton, EuroStack partners) has launched Euro‑Office — an open‑source fork of OnlyOffice — to provide an Office‑style, browser‑based editor that can be embedded into European cloud services, explicitly framed as avoiding software potentially under Russian influence and as ensuring European digital sovereignty. The project already surfaced licensing and attribution disputes with OnlyOffice's maintainers, highlighting tensions between open‑source licensing norms and political concerns about vendor origin. — This shows how geopolitical tensions, open‑source licensing, and platform dependence intersect to reshape the basic productivity infrastructure that millions rely on, with implications for procurement, data location, and legal risk.