[elyseum]

The intro of the text makes it look more like a cost cutting measurement. Luckily the end states that “publicly financed software developed for the public sector should be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it should be public code as well.”

[timkam]

The same statement should apply to research papers; I am happy that the EU is pushing for this as well, with considerable success.

[ken]

It sounds like it was introduced at the EU in a budgetary context, and that's how the article begins, but the party is not just looking at money. The first thing they say about it is: "Open Source Software improves transparency and trust from citizens".