PL says its MEPs wanted amendments to ACTA
The Labour Party said today that its MEPs has been consistently against the ACTA treaty as negotiated.
In a statement, the party said the Socialist group, along with the Liberals and the Greens in the European Parliament had moved a resolution with amendments to the treaty. The Maltese Labour MEPs voted in favour of this resolution - aimed at protecting the interests of internet users and calling for negotiations of the treaty because they were not transparent.
The PL said the Nationalist MEPs had shown they backed ACTA when they voted against the resolution
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Timothy Cachia
Jan 31st, 09:08
Amendments or not... it would be nice to have the treaty gone for good.
Ramon Casha
Jan 30th, 17:30
David Casa and Simon Busuttil may simply have gone along with what the rest of the EPP was doing. I sincerely hope that, now that awareness has grown, they can reconsider their position in light of how this agreement will harm Malta's interests.
Thomas Cassar
Jan 30th, 16:36
Ghalhekk hemm bzonn il-PL ladarba Malta qeghda fl-UE, tal-PN issa drajnihom, kollox 'YES SIR'.
Robert Callus
Jan 30th, 15:31
Unlike Busuttil and Casa, the PL MEPs voted for more restrictions on ACTA. Kudos for that.
However, considering the seriousness of the agreement, I would have expected much more from our elected MEPs. At least, blow the whistle. I would have expected to know about this from them, rather than from a concerned Facebook user.
That said, I hope the Socialists will join the Greens in calling for scrapping (not just amending) ACTA:
http://www.greens-efa.eu/acta-anti-counterfeiting-agreement-4500.html
I also hope that after the shameful way they voted Simon Busuttil and David Casa will never get elected again in European Parliament. They don't deserve it.
John Zammit
Jan 30th, 16:29
@ Robert What ever labour do you are always against
Andy Farrugia
Jan 30th, 18:35
Have you really read what ACTA is about? Doubt it!
David Bailey
Jan 30th, 14:33
Well done to Labour MEPs and the liberal wing of the EU parliament. ACTA and all these bills that are cropping up are written by movie and music industry lobbyists who don't even understand how the Internet works. Piracy is a problem but the way that these bills approach it is ridiculous.
Dylan Axisa
Jan 31st, 13:27
Your saying is true! In fact, Internet is public. No policemen ever busted into anybody's home without a warrant... Internet should be the same thing. With all due respect, I hate piracy, (I got a huge collection of video games at home... been buying for 10 years now and I do not have copies) but Internet can't be like this.. We need human rights... that is the only way this world can thrive..
Bernard Pollacco
Jan 30th, 14:16
and know it started as a political argument !!
carlos ellul
Jan 30th, 14:02
Don't worry if this deal turns to be against Malta's interest Simon and co will do their outmost to get us out of it as they did with the Dublin 2 treaty. Its quite a shame that they seldom manage to achieve their aims.