Policy positions
Policy position 1
The State must not interfere with the models of dissemination of scientific knowledge. The needs of the different scientific communities and the market will establish which models should prevail.
Policy position 2
The State intervention on market is meant to guarantee effective competition and to prevent monopolies. To that end, States supports the development of infrastructure shared by small and medium-sized publishers and their technological innovation. At the same time, they limit takeovers and mergers of big publishers.
Policy position 3
The State requires articles reporting on publicly-funded research to be published open access and bears publication costs.
Policy position 4
The State requires articles reporting on publicly-funded research to be made available on publicly-accessible archives with no embargo imposed by publishers.