[Gllug] european software patents

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Sunday 06 July 2003 21:35, Doug Winter wrote:
> On Sun 06 Jul Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > Wrong again. This is a draft European Directive. It is subject to
> > co-decision.  That means it has to be agreed by both the European
> > Parliament and the council of ministers (probably on a qualified
> > majority). That means that MPs - by influencing government ministers
> > have a huge amount of influence. They could even, in extremis, vote to
> > instruct ministers to vote against it in the council.
>
> My MP has a huge amount of influence over the European Council of
> Ministers?
>
> Wow, I never knew that.

It is fair to say that one MP out of 650+ will not have all that much 
influence on their own, I'll grant you that. But as I imagine you are not 
entirely stupid I dare say you'd recognised that anyway.



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