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The United States of America is...

Run by...

Well, you see we have a dumb, narcissistic, destructive, bigoted dictator. And the trade wars he is flaming make people want to not contribute to the economy of the US.

In essence and response to your question, Trump.

The initiative to build FOSS alternatives for the administration in Europe goes back years. In a nutshell: Corporate software is getting very expensive for the administration and poses security risks. As an alternative, FOSS Software is put together to replace the administrative systems. The reason there is so many news now is that the first Software bundles are being released and are coming online in databases.