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-  <title>EU Parliament intends to widen participation in the Interoperable Europe Board</title>
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-<h1>EU Parliament intends to widen participation in the Interoperable Europe Board</h1>
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-<p>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.</p>
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-     <img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/5a/a0/d4703ab70fffd88c6bedf3a838b8.jpg"
-       alt="EU Parliament photocall with the EU Parliament word in different EU languages"/>
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-<p>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.</p>
-
-<p>Furthermore, <a href="/news/2023/news-20230323-02.html">the EU Parliament has also followed our demand</a> 
-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.</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-<italic>“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”</italic>, <em> mentions Lina Ceballos, FSFE Policy Project 
- Manager.</em>
-</blockquote>
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-<p>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 <a href="/news/2023/news-20230623-01.html">the 
-latest compromise text of the Council is hindering the inclusion of 
-relevant stakeholders</a> in the governance structure of this Act. 
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-	 <tag key="european-parliament">European Parliament</tag>
-	 <tag key="policy">European Public Policy</tag>
-	 <tag key="european-union">European Union</tag>
-	 <tag key="IEA">Interoperable Europe Act</tag>
-	</tags>
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-<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1052"/>  
-<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/5a/a0/d4703ab70fffd88c6bedf3a838b8.jpg"
-       alt="European Parliament photocall with EU Parliament words in different EU languages"/>
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