I was personally quite alarmed when I read up on this issue. The EU was well on track for requiring open standards so that member countries aren’t all forced into using the same software thanks to vendor lock-in, and now a leaked copy of the 2nd version of the related regulations shows that … wait, read the article, I already talked about it.
I really hope that this is corrected.
Dedication to Open Source and Open Standards Threatened in Leaked EU EIF Document