Esther Payne 
@lewiscowles1986 @aral Which would be fine except the things that the EU invests in like AI and Blockchain means there's less space in the budget for grassroots FOSS investment.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/17/foss_funding_vanishes_from_eus/
Aral has not had success from EU funding, other projects have. Much like Aral other Human Rights focused projects haven't achieved funding.
But there's a European FOSS ecosystem and we need help. We all need support.
I've written here about the NGI ecosystem
https://onepict.com/20240813-ecosystem.html
Here are some general thoughts about FOSS sustainability. It's more than the code, it's the support systems, the people and community.
@lewiscowles1986 One way you can let the EU know that you'd like more funding into the FOSS Grassroots which includes several Fediverse Projects, is to fill in the consultation that @fsfe has written about and has a guide on how to fill it in.
This is the political action folks can take right now.
The deadline is September 20th.