[chapter-delegates] EU position on WSIS/WGIG

[Patrick Vande Walle]

FYI.

The European Commission has just issued a communication on WSIS/WGIG. 
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/internationalrel/docs/wsis/com02062005_en.pdf
.  The real substance is on page 8.

From the document: " The EU should strongly reaffirms its commitment to
the architectural principles of the Internet, including
interoperability, openness and the end-to-end principle".  It further
goes on to say that governments should "exclude any involvement in the
day-to-day operations".  The EU sees the  role of governments as
"hav[ing] a specific mission and responsibility vis-à-vis their
citizens, and their role within this new cooperation model should mainly
focus on principle issues of public policy".

Let's hope this will help counter the allegations that European
governments would favour a model that would allow governments to control
the Internet.

Patrick