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 <h1>EU Parliament intends to widen participation in the Interoperable Europe Board</h1>
 <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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 <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>
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 <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>
 <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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