Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-04-Speech-3-305-640"
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"I welcome the rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), an international agreement negotiated with a certain lack of transparency with such a vast scope and such uncertain legal consequences that it provoked an unprecedented reaction from citizens. There is no doubt that the engagement of millions of European citizens - more than 2.5 million signed the petition against ACTA – played an important part in the changing political debate on this issue and in its rejection by Parliament. This is a point scored for European democracy and we should applaud those citizens who rallied round: when they take hold of an issue, no matter how difficult, they are contributing to democratic debate and influencing the final result. ACTA was problematic both in form and in content. First of all, it was astonishing that an agreement of this kind on the fight against counterfeiting and intellectual property rights could be entered into without China. We should not forget the method used, namely negotiations conducted by the Commission, which largely overlooked the public debate. Finally, there are still many concerns about its content, notably respect for individual liberties: for instance, there was talk of forcing Internet service providers to disclose the identity of Internet users suspected of illegal downloading."@en1
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