A petition calling on MEPs "to stand for a free and open internet and reject the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta)" was today received by the European Parliament. The petition had been signed by almost 2.5 million people from all over the world.
"Receiving a petition supported by more than two million people places an even bigger responsibility on us to listen to the European people and offer them a place to express their views to the European institutions", said Petitions Committee chair Eminia Mazzoni, after the petition was presented.
The European Parliament has only just begun to consider the proposed ACTA deal. It will need to examine it carefully, taking all concerns into account, making a reasoned assessment of the facts and weighing Internet freedom on the one hand and the fight against counterfeiting on the other. The Petitions Committee will decide in the coming weeks how the petition is to be followed up.
The petition was presented by Alex Wilks, Pascal Vollenweider and Anne Agius, on behalf of Avaaz, an organisation which uses the internet to campaign on various issues. It calls on the European Parliament "to stand...
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