Today the European Parliament had the guts to act in the sense of democracy and reject the proposed software-patents regulation, which on its way clearly showed up a fascistic dark side of a Europe regulated by big global companies!

Many people don't even know about this war for democracy which lasted three years, but we should let them know that today is not only a great day for us, but for the democracy in Europe! I hope to at least see a news about it on mainstream TV this evening. Only if the people know the disadvantages of the current EU, they can raise their voice to improve it.

Steps which should follow IMHO:

• Investigation of the whole procedure by independent organizations. Why did the regulation come that far without a majority and without democracy?
• A new democratic constitution which people can actually take a look into before they're asked to vote.
• A reorientation of the EU. The current system is not a good example of democracy. Europe must be about people, not about interests of American companies which fear competition.

No Software-Patents?

Remember that today is not a big day against SW-patents. It's a big day for democracy. There's still no regulation about SW-patents to either rule them out or restrict them. Today's rejection only means that it's still left to the EU patents office to accept or deny SW-patents (they already accepted more than 30,000). Europe needs a clear regulation regarding SW-patents, but a good one, which doesn't leave much room for interpretations.

Bribery?

The EU council always stated that they do not want the American patents mess in Europe. The parliament was trying to improve the proposed regulation to exactly rule that out. Why did the council then harshly reject these improvements? Did the council tell lies? Was it bribery? Have they been blackmailed like Denmark claims it had been blackmailed by Microsoft? What has happened? It's time for investigations now.