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From: Jim Killock <jim.killock@action.openrightsgroup.org>
Date: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Subject: Your MEP can help stop ACTA this week!
To: jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk

Dear Dear Jon Davies,

Great news! Your MEP is involved in the key vote in the European Parliament tomorrow 21 June about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

This will affect whether the European Parliament ultimately reject ACTA or not. It is important that your MEP understands people's concerns. Calling your MEP will help make this happen.

London

MEP: Syed Kamall

Note: Tell Syed Kamall if you believe the plenary vote should not be delayed. Neither the European Commission nor the European Court of Justice can provide meaningful guarantees about the implementation of ACTA and a delay will simply deny citizens and their representatives the chance they have now to make a meaningful decision about this treaty. You could ask him to withdraw his amendment if you agree with us.

Contact: Tel.: +322 28 45792
E-mail: syed.kamall@europarl.europa.eu

What's happening tomorrow?

This is a really big vote. Once again it will really help if you contacted your MEP. Once again, it really will make a difference. The INTA committee is basically in charge of the 'dossier' - meaning they're leading on examining ACTA and recommending to the whole European Parliament whether it should give its consetn to or reject ACTA. They are supposed to take into account the other committee's opinions - which as you may remember, all voted to recommend ACTA is rejected.

Those decisions were influenced hugely by the many people across Europe who got in touch with their MEPs to tell them why they think the European Parliament should reject the treaty. It's now to time to get back behind the wheel and get in touch with the members of the INTA committee to make sure they understand the problems, and why you care about it.

We would like MEPs in the committee to vote in favour of the opinion of the lead rapporteur David Martin MEP - that is to say, to recommend ACTA is rejected. And we believe that the plenary vote should happen as scheduled (this is the vote by the whole of the European Parliament on the ultimate decision, which is due to happen in early July). That means that we think the amendment recommending a delay to the plenary vote should be rejected. This amendment was proposed by MEP Syed Kamall, who represents London.

More information is available on our blog.

Thank you for your help in beating ACTA.

Jim Killock
Executive Director

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