13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100

And we are back for our 35th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast with our monthly update on policy decisions, votes and discussions in the European Union! Together Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sander talk about one specific policy topic in regard to Free Software. This month they sat down and covered the vote on the Tech sovereignty INI in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). Join the FSFE community and support the podcast: https://my.fsfe.org/support?referrer=podcast

SFP#35: Policy and EU: Tech sovereignty vote in the ITRE Committee

And we are back for our 35th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast with our monthly update on policy decisions, votes and discussions in the European Union! Together Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sander talk about one specific policy topic in regard to Free Software. This month they sat down and covered the vote on the Tech sovereignty INI in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).

Bonnie and Alex, talk about the vote in the ITRE committee on the European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Own-initiative procedure (INI). As already discussed in our previous episode, this report is remarkable in many respects, among other things because there is a far-right rapporteur. We discuss what impact this has on the report and how the European Parliament is dealing with the issue. Alex and Bonnie shed some light on this and explain the procedures, the status of Free Software in the currently approved version of the technological sovereignty INI and discuss some likely outcomes for the upcoming weeks before the summer break.

Listen to our 35th episode and learn more about the FSFE's policy work, how we as a charity advocate for software freedom. You can support our work by donating.

This is the perfect episode for everybody who wants to learn more about the work of the European Parliament, politics on a European level and the current views on technological sovereignty!

Show notes

Support our work for Free Software

European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure INI

A "rapporteur" - the person who presents reports to Parliament

CRA & PLD: Liability rules with large exemptions for Free Software are introduced

Free Software and CRA - expert talk and discussion on 3 April

SFP#34: Policy and EU: Tech sovereignty debate in the EU

"Public Money? Public Code!" initiative by the FSFE

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