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FSFE: European Parliament should delay vote on unitary patent

FSFE: European Parliament should delay vote on unitary patent

Posted Dec 12, 2012 11:02 UTC (Wed) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988)
In reply to: FSFE: European Parliament should delay vote on unitary patent by armijn
Parent article: FSFE: European Parliament should delay vote on unitary patent

Well, calling for a delay one day before the vote does not seem like a winning strategy.


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FSFE: European Parliament should delay vote on unitary patent

Posted Dec 16, 2012 17:12 UTC (Sun) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

Getting a delay was going to be easy, but FSFE's move was still the best option available. Unfortunately.

I meant to write "was not"

Posted Dec 19, 2012 0:06 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

heh.

"was" should be "was not".

The point is, when it looks like you can win, you push your amendments, but if the vote is soon and you don't think you can win, you consider pushing for a delay instead.

In a case like this where the MEPs would agree that they hadn't understood all the major aspects of the issue, a delay was realistic, so asking for it was the right move.

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