The European Parliament calls upon the Commission for the systematic replacement of proprietary software by auditable and verifiable open-source software in all the EU institutions, and for the introduction of a mandatory open-source-selection criterion in all future ICT procurement procedures .

The Parliament strongly reiterates its call for the development, within the framework of new initiatives such as the Digital Single Market, of a European strategy for greater IT independence .

Edward Snowden

The call for a migration to open-source software is part of the very same 'Resolution on the follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens' that was amended with a call on the Member States to drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden . The Members should grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender .

The resolution was accepted last week by the Parliament in a 342 to 274 vote. The paragraph on Snowden was accepted in a 285 to 281 vote.