[x-pubpol] On eve of protests, Germany backs away from ACTA

[Joly MacFie]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/on-eve-of-protests-germany-backs-away-from-acta.ars


A large group of European nations signed
ACTA<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/opponents-denounce-signing-of-acta-without-adequate-debate.ars>
two
weeks ago, sparking outrage across the continent. But not all European
nations signed onto the agreement. Several countries, including Germany,
had not finished their internal processes for approving the treaty, but
vowed to sign on shortly.

But on Friday, the German government signaled it was having second
thoughts. According to Der
Spiegel<http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/0,1518,814307,00.html>,
the German government now plans to wait and see how the European Parliament
votes before Germany makes a decision on the treaty itself.
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