The Document Foundation corrects claims about Euro-Office as first European open-source office suite (blog.documentfoundation.org)

• Euro-Office is not the first European open-source office suite; OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice were earlier.
• Euro-Office defaults to proprietary OOXML format, which weakens digital sovereignty.
• The Document Foundation advocates for the open ODF standard to ensure user control over data.

"The Document Foundation published an open letter to correct claims that Euro-Office is the first open-source office suite developed in Europe. It states that OpenOffice.org in 2001 and LibreOffice in 2010 predate it. The letter criticizes Euro-Office for defaulting to the proprietary OOXML format, undermining digital sovereignty, instead of using the open ODF standard."