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<title>FSFE in battle for European interoperability</title>
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<h1>FSFE in battle for European interoperability</h1>
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<p>FSFE has unleashed an advocacy push in order to prevent the
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European Commission from hollowing out an important European
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reference document on interoperability. A draft for a new version
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of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) leaked to the
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press last week.</p>
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<p>Where the current version strongly encourages the public sector to
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use Free Software and Open Standards, the draft threatens to
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replace this with meaningless statements which leave the European
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public sector at the mercy of proprietary software vendors.</p>
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<p>As the EC was gathering comments from Member States, FSFE
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contacted senior government staff across Europe, emphasising the
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danger posed by the new text and asking them to reject the draft.
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<a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=285">FSFE's President Karsten
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Gerloff explained</a> the importance
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of the document, the problems in the draft, and the total failure
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of transparency in the processes which led up to the current text.</p>
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<p>Karsten Gerloff says: "FSFE will keep its eye on the ball as the
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situation develops over the coming days and weeks. With the help
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of our friends and supporters, we will work hard to fight off the
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current threat to interoperability in the public sector. We will
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seek the best possible result through constructive dialogue with
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Member States and the European Commission."</p>
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