Dear community, this is an open letter, published by more than 42 organisations & individuals, as a reaction to the announcements by EU to stop funding NGI: https://pad.public.cat/lettre-NCP-NGI Next Generation Internet (NGI) programmes, since 2020 part of European Commission's Horizon programme, fund free software in Europe . This  year, according to the Horizon Europe working draft detailing funding programmes for 2025, NGI is not mentioned any more as part of Cluster 4. Therefore, I share this call with RIPE community, to gather support & influence EU to keep on funding free software. Regards, Vesna Manojlovic -- Senior Community Builder RIPE NCC