text: **2.2. Data Openness in EU**
  Both the interest and the need for data openness at the European Union level remain high. Here, 
  
  without making any complete analysis, we'll only report and comment a few relevant episodes. 
  
  While studies continue to point at the political and economical advantages of Open Data, great 
  
  inefficiencies and delays still keep the time and cost savings that could be achieved a far goal for 
  
  the European Union. 
  
  All the principles of the Open Declaration (collaboration, transparency, empowerment) have been 
  
  declared key areas of action of the new EC eGov action plan. Particularly important, as explained 