#EU ready to back immediate #OpenAccess without author fees - #ResearchProfessionalNews
"The EU is ready to agree that immediate open access to papers reporting publicly funded #research should become the norm, without authors having to pay fees, and that the bloc should support non-profit scholarly #publishing models.
In a move that could send shockwaves through commercial scholarly #publishing, the positions are due to be adopted by the Council of the EU member state governments later this month."