I offered the opportunity to make 12,400€ to anyone willing to take my seat in the DAPSI project. I made it very clear that I would continue to work on the deliverables and work on the forgefriends project. This decision solely impacted my funding and not the forgefriends project in any way, therefore there was no need for me to seek consensus.
This is not what the message says. It reads “I am sorry to hear that you do not continue in DAPSI for the second phase.” It does not say the project is terminated. If anything, it is very much subject to interpretation as to what the actual consequences are for you as a beneficiary and the project as whole.
You could have replied to the mail (you were cc’ed) declaring yourself interested in taking the role of coordinator (as I suggested you do three times) and get the chance to be paid the full 24,800€ for working on Phase II.
Did you reach out to the DAPSI organizers to clarify this?