[Chapter-delegates] Weekly European Regional Bureau Newsletter: EU Overview

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear Veni,

tactually, there are many, many issues which the EU member countries
were not happy with. But there was also an initiative to try and show
understanding with the Chair's latest compromise version of the ITRs, by
signing and emitting reservations about the articles which they wanted
to be out of. However this could only be possible if there were no other
changes to a set of ITRs which had seen Europe make a lot of concessions
already.
The Rights of States is the feather that broke the camel's back -- one
too many concessions to make, especially for a region of the world who
base their policy on human rights, having to compare these *individual*
human rights with the right of states to communicate, this "right" being
pushed by those very countries who lost that right through embargo
because they themselves commit human right abuses.
That was way too much to take.

Kind regards,

Olivier

On 17/12/2012 12:32, Veni Markovski wrote:
> Jozef,
> The most important thing that prevented the EU countries from signing
> (aside the political memory of ACTA and alike), is the article about
> the rights of states. The Minister has properly indicated they will
> discuss the ITRs with the Polish community. Nobody knows what the
> discussions will decide, but if the EU laws are clear on the rights of
> states, it wouldn't matter.
>
> v.
>
>
>
> On 12/17/2012 06:06, JotHal wrote:
>> The crux of the matter is what we are doing next.
>>
>> Polish minister Michal Boni said: "I would like to bring the revised
>> text of ITRs to Poland and in open and collaborative environment
>> discuss its implications with the Polish public opinion."
>>
>> And earlier: "We have not only a mandate from my government but also a
>> strong mandate from the Polish society. Because of this we cannot
>> accept the current text of ITR."
>>
>> At government website one can read that Poland is not going to sign.
>>
>>
>> Jozef Halbersztadt
>
>
>
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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