This is not new. In case of software patents, the Council members of a given country have already decided (we had the minutes of the closed meeting) while adver

This is not new. In case of software patents, the Council members of a given country have already decided (we had the minutes of the closed meeting) while advertising consultation and debate back home. It was outright a straight lie, which we could prove. And they got away with it for the time being ...but this will backfire, if it doesn't already, if you look at the EU and EU election turnout http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/europe/04/eu_parliament_guide/html/apathy.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/europe/04/eu_parliamen... (note: the Parliament is still the most voter-friendly EU body, compared to the Council and the Commission -- hopefully they will reject, as it was the case with software patents) seek help from ffii.org