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<div id="banner" class="home-banner"> </div> <div class="banner-title" style="https://www.coalition-s.org/wp-content/themes/plan-s/images/banner-img.jpg"> <div class="wrap"><h1> Plan S</h1></div></div> <div class="main"> <div id="home-content" > <div class="wrap"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>About Plan S</strong></h3> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-full is-resized"><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/towards-responsible-publishing/" target="_blank" rel="www.coalition-s.org noopener"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1600" height="900" src="https://www.coalition-s.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Web-homepage-TRP2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-5575" style="aspect-ratio:16/9;object-fit:cover;width:375px;height:undefinedpx" srcset="https://www.coalition-s.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Web-homepage-TRP2.png 1600w, https://www.coalition-s.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Web-homepage-TRP2-300x169.png 300w, 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