Paris, 31 October 2008

The European Commission opposed on Monday a flat refusal to French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s request for deleting amendment 138 of the Telecoms Package. It is yet another slap in the face for the proponents of…

A letter from Nicolas Sarkozy to the president of European Commission, Jose-Manuel Barroso, has been published today on the website ecrans.fr.[1] Sarkozy begs Barroso to reject Bono/Cohn-Bendit/Roithova amendment (amendment 138) adopted by 88% of the…

La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) welcomes the adoption, in the first reading, of several amendments correcting major problems in the Telecoms Package, as well as the rejection of the most dangerous amendments.

Members of…

Der Zusammenschluß der NGOs „La Quadrature du Net“, mit Hilfe von „FFII“ (=Förderverein für eine freie informationalle Infrastruktur) und „AK Vorrat“ (=Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung) und netzpolitik.org hat seine Abstimmungsempfehlungen aktualisiert für die Plenardebatte zum „Telekom-Paket“ am…

The joint-venture of the NGOs “La Quadrature du Net” with help of “FFII” (=Foundation for a free informational Infrastructure; Europe) and “AK Vorrat” (=Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung; Germany) and netzpolitik.org has updated their voting recommendations for the…

Brussels, Sept. 19th

Brussels, September the 16th – La Quadrature du Net / Squaring the Net took notice of compromise amendements [1] to the “Telecoms Package” [2] filed jointly by the 3 main political groups (PPE-DE, PSE and…

Swedish member of european parliament Christofer Fjellner (PPE/DE, conservative party) explains the stakes of the Telecoms Package in a 3 minutes illustrated video clip :

On the topic of Telecoms Package, greek Members of European Parliament Stavros Lambrinidis, vice-président of the civil liberties committee, and Maria Matzouka organized a conference on Internet and liberties Monday Sept. 8th.

La Quadrature du Net…