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Oh how funny. Few months back when the previous voting took place all of their representatives were voting for article 13. Right now, due to forced coalition m
by xlii 8y ago
Oh how funny.
Few months back when the previous voting took place all of their representatives were voting for article 13. Right now, due to forced coalition most of the current EU parlamentarists got rather bad starting places (giving them low election changes even in light of good voters support) and there were talk about switching parties already.
Now, week later I find out they changed their mind and are going to protect European Internet after being so eager to push this law. Smart, not that surprising yet funny move nonetheless.
Oh, and when approving it they were defending it very vocally. They didn’t pass it by ignorance. That’s for sure.
- matt4077 8y agoA less cynical interpretation would be that democracy is still working somewhat well, even in Poland.
- deogeo 8y agoPerhaps - but how will they vote when the next copyright 'reform' (which always means more restrictive copyright) comes along, and there's less public scrutiny?
- mamon 8y agoWhat's with this "even in Poland"? Democracy in Poland is as good as ever. Compared to previous government it is even an improvement.
- walterstucco 8y agoIn other words, it is as bad as ever...
- matt4077 8y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/world/europe/poland-european-union.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/world/europe/poland-europ...
- ajuc 8y agoNot really. In the preliminary voting last year nobody from Poland voted for articles 13 and 11. Most were against and some abstained. I know because I was campaigning for that and sending them emails. In the next voting still most were against. There was no point at which more people from Poland voted for article 13 than against. https://i.redd.it/8437i584v0m11.png https://i.redd.it/8437i584v0m11.png In Poland internet freedom, software patents etc is a big issue since forever. See: https://thankpoland.info/ https://thankpoland.info/ Anti-ACTA protests started in Poland as well in 2011 and were a big thing, they happened in every city basically and the government had to go back from the deal, which then lead to reverting it on the EU-wide basis.
- rasz 8y ago> nobody from Poland September 12 everyone from PO voted for censorship: Michał Boni (PO) Jerzy Buzek (PO) Danuta Hübner (PO) Danuta Jazłowiecka (PO) Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz (PO) Barbara Kudrycka (PO) Janusz Lewandowski (PO) Elżbieta Łukacjiewska (PO) Jan Olbrycht (PO) Julia Pitera (PO) Marek Plura (PO) Dariusz Rosati (PO) Adam Szejnfeld (PO) Róża Thun Und Hohenstein (PO) Jarosław Wałęsa (PO) Bogdan Wenta (PO) Bogdan Zdrojewski (PO) Tadeusz Zwiefka (PO) https://twitter.com/Rubczynski_M/status/1040107319848124416 https://twitter.com/Rubczynski_M/status/1040107319848124416
- ajuc 8y agoThat's the second voting. I wrote > In the preliminary voting As for the second voting still most europarliament members from Poland voted against. And it wasn't the final voting, just choosing the version of the VOSS report for further work.