Lobby organisation
Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V.
Business group · Technology & digital · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry
As of 8 October 2026, Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V. appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“The Open Source Business Alliance – Federal Association for Digital Sovereignty (OSBA) is the Trade Association for the German Open Source Industry and represents more than 270 companies. Scientific and public institutions and software users are also part of our association.”
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“As the largest Open Source Trade Association in Europe we are committed to further open source software and open standards. The digital transformation should benefit companies, governments, public administrations and citizens alike. We advocate that open source should be established as the standard in public procurement and in research and business development. To work towards these goals we offer our expertise and knowledge to companies, private individuals, the media and politicians.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 3 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2025 | Alexandra Geese | Summit on European Digital Sovereignty |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Matthias Ecke | Industriepolitik | Digitalwirtschaft | OpenSource |
| 15 Nov 2023 | Rasmus Andresen | BigTech Regulierung |
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