[EURO-Discuss] ACTA Letter to the members of the European Parliament

[Patrick Vande Walle]

Dear Wolf,

Thanks for the thanks :-)    They are not entirely deserved, actually :-( 

The letter your refer to  was sent to all MEPs by the European Bureau of
ISOC.  In parallel, ISOC Luxembourg wrote a similar letter to
Luxembourgish MEPs (and government).  I know some other chapters were
active also: Belgium, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland among others. In short,
this is a team work.

In Luxembourg, the Green party, and some socialists voiced similar
concerns.  Interestingly, the socialists are part of the government
coalition right now. The government itself has not been very vocal,
short of saying that "no changes to laws are required" and that "thre
are a lot of misunderstandings". Nevertheless, they will wait for the
vote at the European parliament before proceeding further.

In the meantime, let's see what the opinion of the European Court of
Justice will be.

Best

Patrick Vande Walle


On 22/02/12 16:12, Wolf Ludwig wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> this is just to share with you that one of our members, Internet Society Luxembourg, has written to the members of the European Parliament regarding further debates and the ratification process of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) foreseen in June 2012. The full text of the ISOC letter you can find here:
> http://internetsociety.org/internet-societys-letter-dated-honourable-members-european-parliament-february-2012
>
> Let me express my deep appreciation for this initiative in the interest of an open and accessible Internet and due multi-stakeholder based procedures.
>
> Kind regards,
> Wolf