“Free reading and paying open access articles” scholarly communication model for the better use of public funding : OpenAIRE blog

"Max Planck Digital Library has shown that “money already invested in the research publishing system is sufficient to enable a transformation that will be sustainable for the future” and suggested that “money currently locked in the journal subscription system must be withdrawn and re-purposed for open access publishing services”. No single country is an equal partner to an international worldwide for-profit scientific publisher. The European Commission, the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations, the European University Association, the League of European Research Universities, and Science Europe have signed a joint statement on ERA partnership and could pre-negotiate with international for-profit scientific publishers for “free reading and paying open access articles” model. High level concerted action will be more efficient and will enable faster transformation from a pay-to-read business model to a pay-to-publish business model."