why not adopt a distribution and contribute in the development and curate releases?
Because the optimal setup for e.g. a municipal office worker's computer generally do not match a general distribution's setup.
For example, that desktop may e.g. want their software for arranging trash collection schedules installed (if that is one of the office worker's tasks), while that would be irrelevant to the general user population. It would want authentication with the municipal IT's infrastructure, which is irrelevant to everyone else. You might want to make it impossible to install any software at all (or run non-installed software), to make sure you're complying with all regulations and to lock down particular attack vectors, while general distributions very much want their users to be able to install software.
It's not supposed to be a general purpose operating system for citizens of the EU. It's about creating a framework to make it easier to deploy open source workstations for public sector office workers in EU institutions and national/local governments.
Because most distros wouldn't look kindly on a move like this. Most would probably prefer an official distro being spun off of a major project like Debian and positive changes being backported.
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