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<title>Interoperable Europe +++ Cyber Resilience Act +++ AI Act</title> <title>
Interoperable Europe +++ Cyber Resilience Act +++ AI Act
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<h1>
Interoperable Europe +++ Cyber Resilience Act +++ AI Act
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<h1>Interoperable Europe +++ Cyber Resilience Act +++ AI Act</h1> <p>
July is here and so is our newsletter! In this issue we have some updates on the latest status of the Interoperable Europe Act, the Cyber Resilience Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act. The competition YH4F has just ended.
<p>July is here and so is our newsletter! In this issue we have some </p>
updates on the latest status of the Interoperable Europe Act, the Cyber
Resilience Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act. The competition
YH4F has just ended.</p>
<figure> <figure>
<img <img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/21/6b/7cfc0d435f9825a8c72b5f1a3582.png" alt="Picture collage with a white image of ones and zeros, a lock with the words cybersecurity and another from an European vote"/>
src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/21/6b/7cfc0d435f9825a8c72b5f1a3582.png"
alt="Picture collage with a white image of ones and zeros, a lock with the words cybersecurity and another from an European vote" />
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<div class="toc"> <div class="toc">
<p>Table of contents</p> <p>Table of contents</p>
<ol> <ol>
<li><a href="#Cyber-Resilience-Act-First-committee-backs-FSFE-demand-to-protect-Free-Software"><strong>Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software</strong></a></li> <li>
<li><a href="#IEA-EU-Parliament-advances-in-strengthening-the-role-of-Free-Software-yet-needs-more-to-improve"><strong>IEA: EU Parliament advances in strengthening the role of Free Software, yet needs more to improve...</strong></a></li> <a href="#Cyber-Resilience-Act-First-committee-backs-FSFE-demand-to-protect-Free-Software">
<li><a href="#and-Council-to-exclude-relevant-stakeholders-from-contributing-to-an-Interoperable-Europe"><strong>… and Council to exclude relevant stakeholders from contributing to an Interoperable Europe</strong></a></li> <strong>
<li><a href="#Artificial-Intelligence-EU-Majority-for-AI-Act-and-safeguards-for-Free-Software"><strong>Artificial Intelligence: EU: Majority for AI Act and safeguards for Free Software</strong></a></li> Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software
<li><a href="#Germany-questions-about-the-status-of-dPhoenix"><strong>Germany: questions about the status of dPhoenix</strong></a></li> </strong>
<li><a href="#Youth-Hacking-4-Freedom-second-edition-ended"><strong>'Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: second edition ended</strong></a></li> </a>
<li><a href="#Planet-FSFE-check-out-last-community-news"><strong>Planet FSFE: check out last community news</strong></a></li> </li>
<li><a href="#Get-Involved-Become-a-translator"><strong>Get Involved - Become a translator</strong></a></li> <li>
<li><a href="#Take-Action-Add-our-email-addresses-to-your-contacts"><strong>Take Action! Add our email addresses to your contacts</strong></a></li> <a href="#IEA-EU-Parliament-advances-in-strengthening-the-role-of-Free-Software-yet-needs-more-to-improve">
<li><a href="#Quote-of-the-month"><strong>Quote of the month</strong></a></li> <strong>
<li><a href="#Contribute-to-our-Newsletter"><strong>Contribute to our Newsletter</strong></a></li> IEA: EU Parliament advances in strengthening the role of Free Software, yet needs to improve...
</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#and-Council-to-exclude-relevant-stakeholders-from-contributing-to-an-Interoperable-Europe">
<strong>
… and Council to exclude relevant stakeholders from contributing to an Interoperable Europe
</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Artificial-Intelligence-EU-Majority-for-AI-Act-and-safeguards-for-Free-Software">
<strong>
Artificial Intelligence: EU: Majority for AI Act and safeguards for Free Software
</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Germany-questions-about-the-status-of-dPhoenix">
<strong>Germany: questions about the status of dPhoenix</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Youth-Hacking-4-Freedom-second-edition-ended">
<strong>'Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: second edition ended</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Planet-FSFE-check-out-last-community-news">
<strong>Planet FSFE: check out latest community news</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Get-Involved-Become-a-translator">
<strong>Get Involved - Become a translator</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Take-Action-Add-our-email-addresses-to-your-contacts">
<strong>
Take Action! Add our email addresses to your contacts
</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Quote-of-the-month">
<strong>Quote of the month</strong>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Contribute-to-our-Newsletter">
<strong>Contribute to our Newsletter</strong>
</a>
</li>
</ol> </ol>
</div> </div>
<h3 id="Cyber-Resilience-Act-First-committee-backs-FSFE-demand-to-protect-Free-Software">
Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software
<h3 id="Cyber-Resilience-Act-First-committee-backs-FSFE-demand-to-protect-Free-Software">Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software</h3> </h3>
<p>
<p>The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) today The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) launched a landmark decision to protect Free Software developers in the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
launched a landmark decision to protect Free Software developers in the
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).</p>
<p><a href="/news/2023/news-20230629-01.html">Read more about this</a>
</p> </p>
<p>
<a href="/news/2023/news-20230629-01.html">Read more about this</a>
<h3 id="IEA-EU-Parliament-advances-in-strengthening-the-role-of-Free-Software-yet-needs-more-to-improve">IEA: EU Parliament advances in strengthening the role of Free Software, yet needs more to improve...</h3> </p>
<h3 id="IEA-EU-Parliament-advances-in-strengthening-the-role-of-Free-Software-yet-needs-more-to-improve">
<p> The two EP Committees for opinion, IMCO and LIBE, <a href="/news/2023/news-20230629-02.html">have adopted IEA: EU Parliament advances in strengthening the role of Free Software, yet needs more to improve...
their texts on the Interoperable Europe Act</a>. While both recognise the </h3>
importance of Free Software for this regulation, the inclusion of the <p>
Free Software community in the Board remains uncertain. The wording on The two EP Committees for opinion, IMCO and LIBE,
proper monitoring and evaluation goes in the right direction.</p> <a href="/news/2023/news-20230629-02.html">
have adopted their texts on the Interoperable Europe Act
</a>
<h3 id="And-Council-to-exclude-relevant-stakeholders-from-contributing-to-an-Interoperable-Europe">...and Council to exclude relevant stakeholders from contributing to an Interoperable Europe</h3> . While both recognise the importance of Free Software for this regulation, the inclusion of the Free Software community in the Board remains uncertain. The wording on proper monitoring and evaluation goes in the right direction.
</p>
<p> The current draft from the Council on the Interoperable Europe Act <h3 id="And-Council-to-exclude-relevant-stakeholders-from-contributing-to-an-Interoperable-Europe">
is limiting excluding relevant stakeholders from contributing to a ...and Council to exclude relevant stakeholders from contributing to an Interoperable Europe
more interoperable and innovative Europe There is also a lack of </h3>
improved wording in the area of monitoring and budgeting. <p>
The current draft from the Council on the Interoperable Europe Act is limiting the Interoperable Europe Board, and with this excluding relevant stakeholders from contributing to a more interoperable and innovative Europe. There is also a lack of improved wording in the area of monitoring and budgeting.
</p>
<p>
<a href="news/2023/news-20230623-01.html">More info about this</a>
</p> </p>
<p> <a href="/news/2023/news-20230515-01.html">More info about this</a></p>
<figure> <figure>
<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/b0/1a/fd4cdcfc9469a641626b5eb71aa4.jpg" <img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/b0/1a/fd4cdcfc9469a641626b5eb71aa4.jpg" alt="European building with the European Parliament symbol"/>
alt="European building with the European Parliament symbol"/>
</figure> </figure>
<h3 id="Artificial-Intelligence-EU-Majority-for-AI-Act-and-safeguards-for-Free-Software">
<h3 id="Artificial-Intelligence-EU-Majority-for-AI-Act-and-safeguards-for-Free-Software">Artificial Intelligence: EU: Majority for AI Act and safeguards for Free Software</h3> Artificial Intelligence: EU: Majority for AI Act and safeguards for Free Software
</h3>
<p>The European Parliament voted in favour of the AI Act with 499 votes <p>
in favour, 28 against, and 93 abstentions. Free Software is given The European Parliament voted in favour of the AI Act with 499 votes in favour, 28 against, and 93 abstentions. Free Software is given safeguards; these rules must now be defended in the inter-institutional negotiations (also known as trialogue in which representatives of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission agree on an final text) and transferred to the Cyber Resilience Act and the Product Liability Directive.
safeguards; these rules must now be defended in the inter-institutional
negotiations (also known as trialogue in which representatives of the
Parliament, the Council and the Commission agree on an final text) and
transferred to the Cyber Resilience Act and the Product Liability
Directive.</p>
<p><a href="/news/2023/news-20230614-01.html">Read more about this</a>
</p> </p>
<p>
<a href="/news/2023/news-20230614-01.html">Read more about this</a>
<h3 id="Germany-questions-about-status-of-dPhoenix">Germany: questions
about status of dPhoenix</h3>
<p>A Free Software office and collaboration suite for the public sector is one of the projects with
which the German government aims to fulfil the goals of the coalition
agreement in relation with Free Software. But a closer look at the
project <a href="/news/2023/news-20230606-01.html">raises questions if our long term demands for 'Public Money?
Public Code!' are actually meet</a>.
</p> </p>
<h3 id="Germany-questions-about-status-of-dPhoenix">Germany: questions about status of dPhoenix</h3>
<p>
<h3 id="Youth-Hacking-4-Freedom-second-edition-ended">'Youth Hacking 4 A Free Software office and collaboration suite for the public sector is one of the projects with which the German government aims to fulfil the goals of the coalition agreement in relation to Free Software. But a closer look at the project
Freedom' second edition ended</h3> <a href="/news/2023/news-20230606-01.html">
<p> The second edition of the Youth raises the question whether our long-term demands for 'Public Money? Public Code!' are actually met
Hacking 4 Freedom contest has just ended. Almost 70 teenagers from all </a>
over Europe registered for this second edition that will have its award .
ceremony in October.</p> </p>
<h3 id="Youth-Hacking-4-Freedom-second-edition-ended">'Youth Hacking 4 Freedom' second edition ended</h3>
<p>Check out website for t he last updates about this <p>
competition!</p> The second edition of the Youth Hacking 4 Freedom contest has just ended. Almost 70 teenagers from all over Europe registered for this second edition that will have its award ceremony in October.
</p>
<p>
<h3 id="Planet-FSFE-check-out-last-community-news">Planet FSFE: check out last community news</h3> Check out <a href="/activities/yh4f/">the YH4F website</a> for the latest updates about this competition!
</p>
<p>The FSFE planet is a aggregation of blog posts and thoughts of the <h3 id="Planet-FSFE-check-out-last-community-news">Planet FSFE: check out latest community news</h3>
Free Software community. Check out he last posts about the FSFE booth <p>
in Veganmania in Vienna or the last news from the KDE community.</p> The FSFE planet is a aggregation of blog posts and thoughts of the Free Software community. Check out the latest posts about the FSFE booth in Veganmania in Vienna or the latest news from the KDE community.
</p>
<a href="https://planet.fsfe.org/">Check out the last posts</a> <a href="https://planet.fsfe.org/">Check out the latest posts</a>
<figure> <figure>
<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/a4/b5/031febcf508227ac7184773fd753.jpg" <img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/a4/b5/031febcf508227ac7184773fd753.jpg" alt="Picture of a FSFE booth in Veganmania"/>
alt="Picture of a FSFE booth in Veganmania"/>
</figure> </figure>
<h3 id="Get-Involved-Become-a-translator">'Get Involved - Become a translator!</h3> <h3 id="Get-Involved-Become-a-translator">'Get Involved - Become a translator!</h3>
<p>
<p>Help us reach people in your country! Join our amazing group of Help us reach people in your country! Join our amazing group of volunteers who help translate our messages into their native languages. The Spanish translation team will also need an extra hand in the coming months as Spain holds the EU presidency for the second half of the year.
volunteers who help translate our messages into their native languages.
The Spanish translation team will also need an extra hand in the coming
months as Spain holds the EU presidency for the second half of the
year.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="/contribute/translators">how to contribute here</a>
</p> </p>
<p>
<h3 id="Take-action-Add-our-email-addresses-to-your-contacts">Take action! Add our email addresses to your contacts</h3> Check out
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<h3 id="Take-action-Add-our-email-addresses-to-your-contacts">
Take action! Add our email addresses to your contacts
</h3>
<p>
Please remember to add
<email>contact@fsfe.org</email>
(and similarly with the rest of @fsfe.org email addresses) to your address book to ensure that our messages reach you and not your spam box.
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<h3 id="Quote-of-the-Month">Quote of the Month</h3> <h3 id="Quote-of-the-Month">Quote of the Month</h3>
<blockquote> <blockquote>
<p> <p>
"The FSFE does great work to further software freedom locally, "The FSFE does great work to further software freedom locally, nationally and in the EU and I enjoy the podcast and the News RSS so it felt natural to become a supporter. I also want to be more involved with the free software community."
nationally and in the EU and I enjoy the podcast and the News RSS so
it felt natural to become a supporter. I also want to be more
involved with the free software community."
</p> </p>
<cite> <cite>
Einar Mostad; English teacher, musician, IT student</cite> Einar Mostad; English teacher, musician, IT student
</cite>
</blockquote> </blockquote>
<h3 id="Contribute-to-our-Newsletter">Contribute to our Newsletter</h3> <h3 id="Contribute-to-our-Newsletter">Contribute to our Newsletter</h3>
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translators who make it possible for you to read this newsletter in ,
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<p><italic>Your editor, Ana Galán</italic></p> </p>
<p>
<italic>Your editor, Ana Galán</italic>
</p>
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<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1046"/> <discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1046"/>
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