Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-14-Speech-4-066"
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"Mr President, I should like to speak on an issue that is no less important, and that affects millions of computer owners throughout the European Union, as well as hundreds of thousands of European small- and medium-sized enterprises. The issue is that of patents on computer software. Thirteen months ago, the European Parliament stood up for European citizens and European companies when it refused to pass legislation that was a copy of the American legislation. The Council and the Commission, however, sided with the large companies, and not with the citizens of European countries. This issue will soon appear on the agenda for a sitting of Parliament. What joint action do we intend to take, Mr President, in order to prove that this House will not be held hostage to the large computer companies, but will act as the voice of a Europe of small- and medium sized enterprises and of a Europe of citizens? This issue may well be no less important for our voters than the major political debates. The credibility of the European Parliament’s authority is also at stake here."@en1
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