Ciao cari. ciao care-- All'Ecofin vogliono fare il colpo di mano e fare passare la direttiva. A breve dovrebbe partire una grossa mobilitazione. Che ne dite, questa lista potrebbe partecipare? Intanto possiamo diffondere la notizia? Art -------------------------------------------
Sviluppi della direttiva sulla brevettabilita' del software.
L'aria che tira e' brutta se non peggio perche' la Commissione sta puntando i piedi e vuole assolutamente far passare la direttiva che e' gia' stata rifiutata dall'Europarlamento e che al momento non gode neanche piu' della maggioranza in seno al consiglio. Ora la Commissione intende avvalersi di un meccanismo decisionale (interno alle istituzioni, che e' troppo lungo spiegare qui sopra), per cui si puo' far approvare automaticamente un elemento senza che sia ridiscusso al consiglio, se la discussione in consiglio e' gia' stata effettuata.
Questo e' quanto la Commissione intende fare al prossimo consiglio ECOFIN, previsto per il 7 marzo. Siccome il Consiglio ha gia' discusso la proposta di direttiva a maggio l'anno passato, la Commissione sta "forzando" per introdurre la direttiva tra i capitoli gia' discussi che possono essere approvati automaticamente. Questo infischiandosene del parere negativo dell'Europarlamento passato, del fatto che l'Europarlamento e' cambiato e che quello attuale sta richiedendo di ridiscutere tutta la direttiva da capo (art 55). Infischiandosene del parere di molti parlamenti nazionali, che nel frattempo hanno votato parere contrario alla direttiva, del parere delle associazioni di categoria, delle manifestazioni...
Va fatto casino, subito in modo diffuso e parallelo.
L'Europarlamento puo' ancora puntare i piedi e chiedere la sfiducia al commissiario al mercato interno, Charlie McCreevy, irlandese. Far rischiare la poltrona al Commissario e l'immagine di tutta la Commissione, affinche' faccia un passo indietro.
Dobbiamo fare pressione sugli europarlamentari affinche' presentino una mozione di sfiducia verso il Commissario (tecnicamente richiedano a Barroso che la sfiduci) Possiamo scrivere ai MEP, parlarne i giro, sollecitare tutte le comunita' interessate. Dobbiamo insistere sul (ulteriore??) discredito dell'Europarlamento se la Commissione si permette di ignorarne la volonta'.
Contrariamente al solito, non vi invitiamo a porre la votra firma sotto una petizione, ma ad inventarvene una e a cercare le firme e associazioni che la propongano.
Qui il draft di una possibile lettera da inviare ai MEP (e' in inglese, cosi anche quelli di voi che hanno i MEP forestieri la possono usare cosi com'e' o tradurre).
Qui sotto anche chi e' Charlie McCreevy.
Per trovare chi e' il MEP (e i suoi recapiti) per la vostra zona: http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN
====DRAFT ====LETTER====== The Irish European Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has requested to the Council to include the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-developed invention under item "A" of the agenda of the Competitiveness Council of 7 March and has requested to formally adopt as soon as possible the "common position" agreed last May, and that this dossier has to be approved.
He refused to work on a better proposal and to be open to any
negotiation or compromise.
He refused to consider the resubmission of a new proposal and the
application of art.55, as requested at unanimity by the presidents of
the EP.
He refused to take in consideration the amendments of the European Parliament.
He refused to take in consideration that the political agreement of
the Council has not the majority.
He refused to consider that only during last 10 days three National
Parliaments of states voted against the directive he supports
He refused to take in consideration the demonstration of the last months
He refused to take in consideration the petitions from the association of SMEs
But most of all, he demonstrates that he does not take in consideration the power of the European Parliament which represent the EU citizens, refusing to accept his request to apply art.55. If should succeed it create a dangerous shift in the balance of the powers; lost of confidence in the representativity of institution which seems to be more sensitive to the interest of few multinational companies.
I have voted for you and I trust in you. I ask you, as my MEP I have elect, to avoid this Commissioner creates a legislative precedent. I propose a motion for a dismissal of a Commissioner which does not represents European interests. It would create a lesson for the future and guarantee the democracy. ====END==LETTER====
==== un riassunto dello stato dell'arte ==== http://www.pdci-europa.org/campagne/fks/noswpat/consiglio-7marzo.htm http://economia.virgilio.it/news/foglia.html?t=2&id=2&codNotizia=11600207 == chi e' Mc Crevy =====
http://wiki.ffii.org/index.cgi?CharlieMcCreevyEn == http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=379
NoSoftwarePatents.com has for some time had a text on its Web site that discusses the position of various EU member countries on software patents, and makes reference to Ireland's role: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/politics/members.html
Mueller furthermore explained: "The Irish suck tax revenues out of the rest of Europe because a subsidiary of Microsoft and similar companies in any other EU country pays practically no taxes -- those local offices are formally just marketing agencies that get their costs reimbursed by the Irish operation, but the actual revenues and profits are generated in Ireland where Microsoft only has a tax rate of about 10%. The U.S. government allows them to take that low-tax profit home without paying anything on top, which is a subsidy for their software industry and for Ireland, which has historical ties with U.S. politics, at the same time."
The EU's Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy was formerly the Irish minister of finance and, as Mueller puts it, "in that function he got a nice check from Microsoft every month, so he's their best friend in the Commission". The Irish government held the presidency of the European Union -- and consequently also of the EU Council -- in the first half of 2004, and orchestrated the political agreement on a software patent directive that has been the object of heavy attacks and criticism ever since.
As an EU Commissioner, McCreevy now has to decide on the request of the European Parliament for invalidating that political agreement by restarting the entire legislative process on the directive. When the new Commission was put together last year with one Commissioner from each of the 25 member states, the Irish government particularly insisted on their appointee being assigned to the DG (Directorate General) Internal Market, which is the DG that started and continues to manage the process on the software patent directive. Given the sensitive nature of this directive and a potential conflict between the EU institutions, it is conceivable that the president and the vice presidents of the Commission will also be involved in the decision on the EP's restart request. =================
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