I am strongly anti-violence but sometimes I think a bit of torture wouldn’t be the worst means to remind politicians who they represent.
Thanks for buying into our plans, but it seems we won’t actually be capable of delivering what we promised you. We will still be expecting you to deliver what we want from you, of course.
:( Website of NGI :
And they appear to have a fresh Mastodon account hosted by the EU :
Does anyone with a greater knowledge of the mechanisms of the EU funding bodies know if I can do anything about this? For example, can I email my country’s EU reprasentitve and present and argument for FOSS? Or is the funding decision here managed by a specifuc group within the EU that my representitive can have little influence on?
I’m not sure but there is an open letter that you could sign that could have some hints https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40986638
The Eurocomission, which has most power in the EU, is a bureaucratic unelected structure. No chance.
EU is a total shitshow. It has been for years, but lately we really suffer from this stupid bureaucracy. Paper straws, attached bottle caps, not to mention billions they mindlessly pour into the slugfest in Ukraine.
Shame!
Money spent on FOSS employs locals, and helps with technology independence.
Anyone else immediately get a migraine trying to read the first 2 paragraphs/sentences of that article?
