You're misreading this. The motion that was defeated against the votes of the center-left was this: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&r

You're misreading this. The motion that was defeated against the votes of the center-left was this: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=P7-RC-2010-0617&language=EN http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&#3... It is a resolution that is critical of ACTA and asks for necessary clarifications and improvements. It is pretty much the exact opposite of "voting for ACTA". The center-right parties then succeeded in getting a motion of resolution approved for the following text: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B7-2010-0618&language=EN http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&#3...