Ten days from today, on July 4, the European Parliament will vote on ACTA.
This is the end-of-level boss; this is where ACTA lives or dies.
We have won in five out of five committees – it is time for one huge final push.
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2:17 pm 02/07/2012
Edorph
From Falkvinge's blog today:
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There are credible rumors floating about in the European Parliament that the EPP party group – the largest party group trying to save and salvage the ACTA trainwreck – is going to try to kill the ACTA vote through procedural trickery in the European Parliament.
http://falkvinge.net/2012/06/30/is-the-epp-group-in-europarl-trying-last-minute-coup-on-acta/ and related: http://acta.ffii.org/?p=1570
1:00 pm 04/07/2012
Edorph
ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39
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Today at 12:56, the European Parliament decided whether ACTA would be ultimately rejected or whether it would drag on into uncertainty. In a crushing 478-to-39 vote, the Parliament decided to reject ACTA once and for all. This means that the deceptive treaty is now dead globally.
Well, dead for now, until it resurfaces with a different name, I suppose:
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Commissioner Karel De Gucht said recently he'd re-field it until it passed:
> If you decide for a negative vote before the European Court rules, let me tell you that the Commission will nonetheless continue to pursue the current procedure before the Court, as we are entitled to do. A negative vote will not stop the proceedings before the Court of Justice.
> If you decide for a negative vote before the European Court rules, let me tell you that the Commission will nonetheless continue to pursue the current procedure before the Court, as we are entitled to do. A negative vote will not stop the proceedings before the Court of Justice.
