I never said national ratification is a mere formality. In fact, you can count on a huge debate in Poland (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200 http://ne

I never said national ratification is a mere formality. In fact, you can count on a huge debate in Poland (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200). I was just saying - even if a national parliament rejects ACTA, 90% of ACTA will still affect that country as a EU member. And yeah, I'm very hopeful too about the EU Parliament.