A growing number of European governments are turning to Matrix, an open-source messaging architecture, as they seek greater technological sovereignty and independence from US Big Tech companies. Matrix aims to create an open communication standard that allows users to message each other regardless of the platform they use—similar to how email works across different providers. The decentralized protocol supports secure messaging, voice, and video communications while ensuring data control remains within sovereign boundaries.
Matrix, co-founded by Matthew Hodgson in 2014 as a not-for-profit open-source initiative, has seen wide-scale adoption across Europe. The French government and the German armed forces now have hundreds of thousands of employees using Matrix-based platforms like Tchap and BwMessenger. Swiss Post has also built its own encrypted messaging system for public use, while similar deployments are underway across Sweden, the Netherlands, and the European Commission. NATO has even adopted Matrix to test secure communication alternatives under its NICE2 project.
Hodgson, who also serves as CEO of Element—a company providing Matrix-based encrypted services to governments and organizations such as France and NATO—explained that interest in Matrix has intensified following global geopolitical developments. He said European governments now view open-source software as a strategic necessity, especially after the US imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in early 2025.
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