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În cadrul Parlamentului European, din cei 736 de membri au votat 654.  Voturile pentru au fost 306, voturile împotriva 322. Din cei 32 de reprezentanţi ai României, 15 au votat pentru, 14 împotrivă, doi s-au abţinut, iar doi au fost absenţi. Cei doi parlamentari absenţi au fost George Becali şi Victor Boştinaru, iar alţi doi s-au abţinut: Corina Creţu şi Norica Nicolai. Iată mai jos lista celor care au votat pro Cristian Silviu Buşoi (Grupul Aliantei Liberalilor si Democratilor pentru Europa - ALDE) George Sabin Cutaş (Grupul Partidului Socialistilor Europeni - PES) Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (Grupul Partidului Socialistilor Europeni - PES) Ioan Enciu (Grupul Partidului Socialistilor Europeni - PES) Cătălin Sorin Ivan (Grupul Partidului Socialistilor Europeni - PES) Ramona Nicole Mănescu (Grupul Aliantei Liberalilor si Democratilor pentru Europa - ALDE) Ioan Mircea Paşcu (Grupul Partidului Socialistilor Europeni - PES) Rovana Plumb (Grupul Partidului Socialistilor Euro...

Just Say ‘No’ to ACTA If you thought SOPA and PIPA were bad, let us introduce you to their Big Brother, ACTA. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which has already been signed by several countries, poses a dangerous threat to the inherent freedom and openess of the Internet. Under ACTA, ISPs and websites will be given more power to track what we do online, while forcing them to turn over our information and reporting our activity to the authorities -- all in the name of copyright protection! While we respect the rights of creators, ACTA's ill-conceived provisions will have chilling effects on free speech everywhere. The European Parliament still has to approve ACTA for it to go into effect around the world. If they vote NO, then ACTA will be effectively dismantled -- even in countries that have already signed it. We helped bring down SOPA and PIPA, now let's turn the fight to ACTA. Call on the EU Parliament to take a stand and vote “NO” on ACTA! Dear Members of th...