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New petition calls for open standards in the European Parliament

Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 13 comments
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At a time when the EU Commission investigates the anti-competitive behaviour of a market-dominant player, the European Parliament (EP) still imposes that same specific software choice on both the European Union's citizens and its own MEPs. OpenForum Europe, The European Software Market Association, and the Free Software Foundation Europe today launched a petition to call on the EP to use open standards so that all citizens can participate in the democratic process.

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Comments (13)

Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
Me too.
jdixon ·
> I wish I could..

Yeah, I doubt they would appreciate input from the US, which lets me out. :(
tracyanne ·
I can't sign either.... Australia not being part of the EU
rijelkentaurus ·
I'm with you in spirit!
Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
Scott, tracyanne et. al, it looks like you can sign as well on http://www.openparliament.eu/ because all the countries, not just the EU ones, are in the list. Or does it give some kind of "sod off" message if you try to sign it with a non-EU country selected?
rijelkentaurus ·
Signed, got no "sod off" message!!
tracyanne ·
Unfortunately the petition reads, in part:

Quoting:I am a citizen of the EU, and I want the European Parliament to adopt the use of open standards and to promote interoperability in the ICT sector.


Which does rather specifically leave me out.
Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
Ah, I missed that bit :-)

A shame they put that in though. There's no reason to assume that people outside the EU do not care or are not affected by the EUs' choices.

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