[Gllug] european software patents

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Thursday 03 July 2003 14:39, Doug Winter wrote:
> On Thu 03 Jul Daniel Ahrens wrote:
> > At risk of stating the obvious: what about taking a walk to your local
> > MP's surgery this week to discuss the issue. :)
>
> Because the vote is in the European Parliament, which your MP doesn't
> have anything to do with.
>


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.

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