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Europe's Big NO to Half Baked GMO Compromises
Last week something almost unprecedented occurred in the European Parliament. All the political groups joined together to roundly reject a proposal on GMOs from the Commission. The issue was a botched attempt to break the majority opposition to allowing GM food and feed into the single market. This followed a similarly bad proposal to facilitate GM cultivation which was voted on in January.
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European Parliament To Weigh Open Source Pilots
Next Monday, the European Parliament's budget committee will consider a proposal from the Green/EFA group to pilot the use of open source encryption software, to be used by parliament members and their staff. The Green/EFA group is also asking to trial the use of open standards and open source to make available the EP's data available in machine-readable format...
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Libre Software Meeting Makes Room For European Politicians
Members of the European Parliament and public administrations working with free and open source software solutions are getting together at the Libre Software Meeting, taking place in Brussels between 8 and 11 July. Read More »
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