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<title>Open Letter on transparency to President of the European Parliament</title>
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<h1>Open Letter on transparency to President of the European Parliament</h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">Free Software Foundation Europe and <a
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href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/">Open Rights Group</a> have sent
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an <a href="FIXME: link to HTML">open letter</a> <a href="FIXME:
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link to PDF">[pdf]</a> to the President of the European
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Parliament, Martin Schulz. Mr Schulz has <a
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href="http://epfsug.eu/wws/arc/epfsug/2013-07/msg00041/Letter_President_Schulz_Free_Software.pdf">recently
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been asked</a> [pdf] to produce a study on transparency within the
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Parliament. </p>
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<p> In their letter, the civil society groups are offering Mr
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Schulz their help in this effort. They are also suggesting a number
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of questions that should be considered in the report on
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transparency, such as
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<ul>
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<li>As the Parliament is held to a standard of "utmost
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transparency", would it be obliged to make public the source code of
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the software it uses?</li>
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<li>How can the Parliament use Free Software and Open Standards to
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make sure that citizens have full and unfettered access to all
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documents produced by the Parliament?</li>
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<li>What can the Parliament do to make videos of its proceedings
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available to citizens without requiring them to install non-free
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software? </li>
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<li>Does the requirement for "utmost transparency" also cover the
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Parliament's procurement of software?</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<blockquote><p>"We appreciate the Parliament's commitment to
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transparency," says Karsten Gerloff, FSFE's President. "It is
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essential for democracy in Europe that citizens have the fullest
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possible access to parliamentary proceedings, and to the tools
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which the Parliament uses to make the laws that govern us all."</p></blockquote>
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<p>
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Open Rights Group and FSFE look forward to assisting the European Parliament in the
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preparation of the transparency study.
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag>eu</tag>
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<tag>european parliament</tag>
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<tag>transparency</tag>
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