Tag Archives: Parliament
The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) today finally got rejected. The EU Parliament did the voting today with votes was one-sided, with 478 votes against, 146 abstentions, and only 39 in favor. Earlier also the International Trade Committee voted against ACTA. Overall, the fact is still EU Parliament still can decide if ACTA need to come into existence...
The new deal has been agreed by European MEPs and the EU council presidency (currently occupied by Denmark) to set into motion a plan to cap roaming data charges in EU member states but it still needs approval from the wider EU Parliament in May before going into effect from the 1st of July this year. The proposal states that the cap would be lowered every year until 2014,...