EU parliament rejects ACTA

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EU Parliament rejects ACTA

By Aaron Souppouris on July 4, 2012 07:11 am

The European Parliament has today voted to reject the controversial anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA). The vote was staggeringly one-sided, with 478 votes against, 146 abstentions, and just 39 in favor. The 'no' vote essentially ends any chance of ACTA coming into effect in either the EU or its individual member states. Today's vote marks the first time that the European Parliament has exercised its Lisbon Treaty power to reject an international trade agreement.
Karel De Gucht, the EU commissioner responsible for the treaty, has been quoted as saying that a negative vote would not stop the commission from pursuing "the current procedure before the Court." Although the European Court of Justice will still rule on whether ACTA is compatible with EU law, the fact that the European Parliament has voted against it essentially means that a new bill must be written. Those seeking to pass ACTA will have to clarify, tighten, and resubmit the bill for ratification.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/4/313...arliament-meps

Good news, though it seems De Gucht has a hard time taking a hint from the EP...

[Niels]

Good.

[TG211]

My middle finger to the entertainment industry as well. Good job, EU parliament !

[DS73]

My middle finger to the entertainment industry as well. Good job, EU parliament !

here is the image of who voted:


Here is the list of "heroes":

1. Magdi Cristiano ALLAM EFD Italy
   
   
2. Jean-Pierre AUDY EPP France
   
   
3. Bendt BENDTSEN EPP Denmark
   
   
4. Nora BERRA EPP France
   
   
5. Alain CADEC EPP France
   
   
6. Carlo CASINI EPP Italy
   
   
7. Michel DANTIN EPP France
   
   
8. Rachida DATI EPP France
   
   
9. Albert DESS EPP Germany
   
   
10. Karl-Heinz FLORENZ EPP Germany
    
    
11. Michael GAHLER EPP Germany
    
    
12. Marielle GALLO EPP France
    
    
13. Jean-Paul GAUZÈS EPP France
    
    
14. Françoise GROSSETÊTE EPP France
    
    
15. Brice HORTEFEUX EPP France
    
    
16. Philippe JUVIN EPP France
    
    
17. Alain LAMASSOURE EPP France
    
    
18. Werner LANGEN EPP Germany
    
    
19. Agnès LE BRUN EPP France
    
    
20. Constance LE GRIP EPP France
    
    
21. Klaus-Heiner LEHNE EPP Germany
    
    
22. Véronique MATHIEU EPP France
    
    
23. Vital MOREIRA S&D Portugal
    
    
24. Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER EPP France
    
    
25. Tiziano MOTTI EPP Italy
    
    
26. Bill NEWTON DUNN ALDE/ADLE United Kingdom
    
    
27. Maurice PONGA EPP France
    
    
28. Bernd POSSELT EPP Germany
    
    
29. Franck PROUST EPP France
    
    
30. Fiorello PROVERA EFD Italy
    
    
31. Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL EPP Germany
    
    
32. Dominique RIQUET EPP France
    
    
33. Crescenzio RIVELLINI EPP Italy
    
    
34. Jean ROATTA EPP France
    
    
35. Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID EPP France
    
36. Hannu TAKKULA ALDE/ADLE Finland
    
    
37. Niki TZAVELA EFD Greece
    
    
38. Dominique VLASTO EPP France
    
    
39. Manfred WEBER EPP Germany
    

Apparently all french EPP are on Viacom payrol.

[TG211]

39 "heroes" ? Yeah, I wonder how many of really felt ACTA was "just" and how many received so sort of "reward", lol

[Sniffit]

Fantastic news

[Stormz_STA]

Terrible news!

[IconOfEvi]

Terrible news!

Now how will you paste your face onto pornos, redub into Polish and repackage them?

[Anzu]

The 39 for ACTA were spread among these political lines:

Right wing populist:
Niki Tzavela (Greece, LAOS)
Fiorello Provera (Italy, Lega Nord)

Christian-Democrat:
Albert Dess (Germany, CSU)
Karl-Heinz Florenz (Germany, CDU)
Michael Gahler (Germany, CDU)
Werner Langen (Germany, CDU)
Klaus-Heiner Lehne (Germany, CDU)
Berndt Posselt (Germany, CSU)
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (Germany, CDU)
Manfred Weber (Germany, CSU)
Magdi Allam (Italy, ALI)
Carlo Casini (Italy, UDC)
Tiziano Motti (Italy, UDC)

Centre-Right:
Bendt Bendtsen (Denmark, De Konservative)
Jean-Pierre Audy (France, UMP)
Nora Berra (France, UMP)
Alain Cadec (France, UMP)
Michel Dantin (France, UMP)
Rachida Dati (France, UMP)
Marielle Gallo (France, UMP)
Jean-Paul Gauzès (France, UMP)
Françoise Grossetête (France, UMP)
Brice Hortefeux (France, UMP)
Philippe Juvin (France, UMP)
Alain Lamassoure (France, UMP)
Agnès Le Brun (France, UMP)
Constance Le Grip (France, UMP)
Élisabeth Morin-Chartier (France, UMP)
Maurice Ponga (France, UMP)
Franck Proust (France, UMP)
Jean Roatta (France, UMP)
Dominique Vlasto (France, UMP)
Crescenzio Rivellini (Italy, PdL)

Centrist:
Hannu Takkula (Finland, Centre Party)
Veronique Mathieu (France, Rad)
Dominique Riquet (France, Rad)
Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid (France, Rad)

Centre-Left:
Bill Newton Dunn (United Kingdom, Lib-Dem)

Social Democratic:
Vital Moreira (Portugal, PS)

[TG211]

So ACTA was a right-wing thing, I see... The bourgeoisie !

[kalerab]

EPP said that they will abstain while socialists said that they will vote against. Still, it got rejected by vast majority so that´s good.