[Gllug] european software patents

[Doug Winter]

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.

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