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Pressemeddelelse fra Hanne Dahl, MEP for Junibevægelsen:

På tirsdag den 5. maj skal Europa-Parlamentet stemme om den meget omstridte Telekommunikationspakke – vel at mærke Parlamentets sidste samling i denne valgperiode. Det er knald eller fald for det åbne og brugerdrevne internet, som vi kender og nyder godt af i dig. Og med det er vores basale borgerrettigheder også i fare.

”Et af de helt centrale punkter er spørgsmålet om at lukke folks internetforbindelse, hvis de har downloadet ulovligt, hvor internetudbydere som TDC og Tele2 vil kunne lukke dig helt af – uden dommerkendelse og almindelig retssikkerhed. Det er absurdt, at man på internettet åbenbart
godt kan se bort fra helt basale borgerrettigheder. Man forbyder jo heller ikke folk adgang til alle supermarkeder, fordi de har stjålet en pakke tyggegummi i Netto”, siger Hanne Dahl.

Hanne Dahl har sammen med en række andre medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentet fremsat en pakke af ændringsforslag under navnet ”Citizens’ Rights Amendments”. Ideen er at minimere de skader, som Telekompakken ser ud til at volde – og sikre borgernes rettigheder på internettet. Internettet sikrer adgang til en masse tjenester og derved muligheder. Vi må bevare den åbenhed, som karakteriserer nettet i dag og sikre det frie valg, i stedet for at filtrere indholdet på nettet og intensivere overvågningen. Det er endnu uklart, om ændringsforslagene vil blive vedtaget, men det vil blive afgjort på tirsdag middag.

Se mere om ”Citizens’ Rights Amendments” her: http://werebuild.eu/

Udover at have sine ændringsforslag med i afstemningen har Hanne Dahl også taletid til debatten om Telekompakken i Parlamentet tirsdag formiddag.

”Internettet skal selvfølgelig ikke være Det Vilde Vesten, men derfor skal almindelige borgerrettigheder stadig gælde. I dag går mange jo heller ikke på posthuset, i banken eller i tøjbutikken – de ordner det på internettet. Og hvis man begrænser nettet på denne måde, vil det være et kæmpe tilbageslag – og et decideret demokratisk problem.”

”Vi er og skal også fremover være medborgere på internettet med ytringsfrihed og basale frihedsrettigheder. Vi må ikke lade os reducere til kunder og klienter”, slutter Hanne Dahl.

Læs også:
• Digitale borgerrettigheder - en nødvendighed
• Borgerrettigheder på Internettet

Pressemeddelelse fra La Quadrature du Net:

- Threats to citizens’ basic rights and freedoms and to the neutrality of Internet could be voted without any safeguard in the EU legislation regarding electronic communication networks (Telecoms Package). EU citizens have two days to call all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to ask them to vote for the “Citizens’ Rights Amendments”, in the second reading of the Telecoms Package. These amendments include all the safeguards that were removed in the “compromise amendments”, as well as provisions protecting against “net discrimination” practices and filtering of content.

On Wednesday, 6 May at 12:00, both reports from Catherine Trautmann (PSE - FR) and Malcolm Harbour (PPE/ED - UK) will come to a vote in the second reading of the Telecoms Package. In last minute opaque negotiations with the EU Council, both rapporteurs agreed to water down in their reports the crucial safeguards for fundamental rights and freedoms of EU citizens:

• In the Harbour report, amendment 166 was replaced by an empty version that has no more protective value. Some very light protection against “net discrimination”, where operators can choose what content, services and applications may be accessed or used through their networks, was also completely neutralized. The only protection left is now customer information through the contracts, which is a scam because customer and competition law cannot regulate fundamental rights (and they failed to regulate mobile communication networks, which are still agreed as cartels in most member states).
• In the Trautmann report, amendment 138/46 was turned down into a weaker version (yet still a clear political sign and legal reminder against the French “three strikes” HADOPI bill), that may require interpretation from an EU court of justice, and years of challenge, to counter “graduated response”/“three strikes” schemes.

The Citizens’ Rights Amendments correct all these problems. They restate amendment 138/46, article 32a (amendment 166 from first reading), they remove any open door to “three strikes” policies and protect against abusive “net discrimination” practices by operators.

“All MEPs must vote for the ‘Citizens Rights Amendments’, because safeguarding EU citizens fundamental rights and freedoms is the most important mission of the European Parliament. Protecting basic rights must not be left to consumer and competition laws. There can be no compromise on basic principles, certainly not merely to make the EU procedure go faster. The image of the Parliament, a few weeks before the elections, is at stake” explains Gérald Sédrati-Dinet, analyst for La Quadrature du Net.

It is urgent to contact ALL Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to inform them about these issues, and advise them to follow La Quadrature’s voting lists. They must understand that a few weeks before the elections, EU citizens are watching and scoring their votes in Political Memory.

“Call your MEPs and tell them to vote to protect Citizens rights. Direct opposition to the Council of EU is preferable to steps backwards on fundamental rights and freedoms, especially concerning Internet, which is so vital in structuring the future of our societies. Moreover the Citizens’ Right Amendments do not directly oppose to the compromise negotiated with the Council, they strengthen it.” concludes Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net.

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Link: URGENT: Ask MEPs to adopt Citizens’ Rights Amendments on May the 6th