EU röstade nej till Acta-avtalet
SR 2012-07-04
Det utbröt jubel i EU-parlamentet efter att vice talmannen Alejo Vidal-Quadras med hes röst hade slagit fast att EU nu slutligen har sagt nej till Acta-avtalet. Många parlamentariker höll upp plakat där det på engelska stod ”hej demokrati, farväl Acta”.
– Det går inte att garantera att medborgerliga friheter blir ordentligt skyddade såsom Acta-avtalet är skrivet, säger den brittiske socialdemokraten David Martin, som har lett EU-parlamentets arbete med avtalet.
EU-parlamentet har fått ta emot långt över två miljoner underskrifter i protest mot Acta, bland annat på grund av rädsla för att friheten på internet ska begränsas.
478 EU-parlamentariker röstade nej till Acta idag. Bara 39 röstade för, medan 165 lade ner sina röster.
EU-kommissionär Karel de Gucht har försvarat Acta. I debatten inför dagens omröstning sa han att "de har fel som tror att det går att snart få till stånd ett förändrat och kanske bättre handelsavtal mot varumärkesförfalskning".
– Jag hoppas naturligtvis att fler länder ska ta efter EU:s exempel och lägga de här avtalen till historien, säger parlamentarikern Amelia Andersdotter (Piratpartiet).Dagens beslut innebär att EU säger nej till det kritiserade handelsavtalet med bland andra USA, Japan och Australien.
Men miljöpartiets Carl Schlyter varnar för att det som han ser som de dåliga bitarna av Acta kan komma att återuppstå i andra lagar och initiativ från EU, "precis som monster ur en dålig zombiefilm", skriver Schlyter i ett pressmeddelande.
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ACTA killed:
MEPs destroy treaty in final vote
ACTA has received a knockout blow from the European Parliament as the majority of MEPs voted in favor of rejecting the controversial trade agreement, which critics say would protect copyright at the expense of freedom of speech on the Internet.
MEPs voted overwhelmingly against ACTA, with 478 votes against and only 39 in favor of it. There were 146 abstentions.
“In am proud to say that the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will not come into force in the European Union,” the Treaty’s rapporteur in the European Parliament, David Martin MEP, wrote on his blog after the session.
Martin recommended that Parliament reject the treaty as it would not effectively tackle online piracy.
The anti-ACTA mood was strong among MEPs during the session, with some members holding banners reading “Hello democracy. Goodbye ACTA”.
The ACTA-killing vote came despite an attempt by supporters of the treaty to postpone the crucial vote at the Parliamentary plenary session on Wednesday. However, as Martin writes, MEPs “were able to build a strong majority and defeated the call for a postponement.”
“This is a historic day in terms of European politics,”
he wrote. The European Parliament vote means that 22 European member states cannot ratify ACTA into their local sovereign law.
Earlier all five parliament committees reviewing ACTA voted in favor of rejecting the international treaty.
“On July 4, Europe celebrates a day of independence from American special interests. Today, we stood up for our most basic rights against corporate giants, and won,”
Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the Swedish Pirate Party , wrote:
In theory, ACTA could still come into force outside the EU, between the United States and a number of smaller states like Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, where the treaty is widely supported.
ACTA was developed with the participation of a number of countries, including all those listed above and others since 2007. When the ramifications of the agreement came to wider public knowledge this year, a wave of protests hit several countries. The EU suspended the ratification of ACTA in February to reconsider it.
However, non-EU countries will still be able to shape laws around the treaty's mandates, but ACTA will be significantly reduced without Europe's support.
ACTA “was wrong from the start” says Martin, adding that they “need to start again from scratch.”
The proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is aimed at protecting copyright over a wide range of industries.
ACTA would require signatory states to impose draconian restrictions on online privacy in the drive to eradicate content piracy and the sale of counterfeit branded goods through the internet.
The main focus of criticism was targeting the impact it would cause to internet freedom.
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