Euro-Office 1.0 launched today as an open-source Microsoft 365 alternative built on European infrastructure and integrated with Nextcloud. The project aims to reduce European reliance on US tech, though multiple sources note it defaults to Microsoft's OOXML format—which The Document Foundation argues actually reinforces Microsoft's lock-in rather than achieving true digital sovereignty. LibreOffice developers have publicly criticized the launch as a 'freeware clone' that undercuts the open-source community's broader goals.