[FSFE PR][ES] EU Parliament intends to widen participation in the Interoperable Europe Board

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 = EU Parliament intends to widen participation in the Interoperable Europe Board =

[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230719-02.es.html ]

Today the EU Parliament’s Committee responsible for the Interoperable
Europe Act has adopted its final position. It is a step forward towards
a more inclusive Interoperable Europe Board while it introduces clearer
indicators and statistics to monitor the progress of the Act. This
position must now be upheld during the upcoming trialogue.

Today the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) has voted on
its final text of the Interoperable Europe Act which is an improvement
of the Commission proposal. The EU Parliament has introduced the
possibility for relevant stakeholders to participate with observer
status in the Interoperable Europe Board meetings and activities,
including within those, the Free Software community.

Furthermore, the EU Parliament has also followed our demand [1]
suggesting the introduction of clearer objectives and statistics, that
will allow to evaluate and properly measure the progress of the
activities that will fall under this Act. Especially, when it comes to
monitoring the use and uptake of Free Software solutions among public
administrations.

“The inclusion of relevant stakeholders and experts, such as the Free
Software community, in the Interoperable Europe Board must be part of
the final text of the Interoperable Europe Act. Likewise, proper
monitoring and evaluation procedures need to be set up to improve and
adapt the interoperability of Europe in the long run. We, therefore,
call upon the EU Parliament, especially the rapporteur Ivars Ijabs, to
safeguard its position during the upcoming trialogue and to not allow
any backwards step”, /mentions Lina Ceballos, FSFE Policy Project
Manager./   The ITRE Committee has also voted with a large majority to
enter the inter-institutional negotiations. This means that the European
Parliament must now defend its position and anchor it to the final text
which will be negotiated together with the Council and Commission in the
coming weeks. This is of high importance bearing in mind that the latest
compromise text of the Council is hindering the inclusion of relevant
stakeholders [2] in the governance structure of this Act.

 1: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230323-02.es.html
 2: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230623-01.es.html

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