European strategy for software focusing on open source?

Viviane Reding has called for a European strategy "that will allow the industry to develop a global leadership position in the on-line service economy". The advantages that Europe has to use include "the fact that 70% of open source developers worldwide are of European origin", even though "90% of the economic benefits of open source are being won by US companies". Her remarks were made during a presentation at the European Commission by Truffle Capital and Syntec informatique.