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Roaming prices slashed in Euro vote
News Euro MPs have taken a machete to roaming charges after a compromise on rates was hammered out between MEPs and the European presidency earlier this month. The MEPs have also confirmed the retail rate - what an operator can charge the mobile user... [23 May 2007]
Europe makes the call on roaming caps
News Yesterday saw MEPs agree controversial roaming caps that could be introduced across the European Union from this summer. The European parliament has finally agreed the maximum pricing mobile operators will be able to charge customers for making... [16 May 2007]
'Roaming cuts could ruin your skiing holiday'
News Legislation that could see operators forced to take a hatchet to their roaming tariffs is currently making its way through the European parliament and has received broad approval from MEPs. According to the Association, 25 per cent of roaming... [24 Apr 2007]
No roaming data price cuts - Brussels
News In a key vote in the European parliament, MEPs on the Industry Committee have agreed to exclude data from the proposed roaming caps which will limit how much operators can charge each other - and their customers - to make calls from abroad. [13 Apr 2007]
Euro MPs reject UK digital snooping plan
News The parliament said of the ruling: "MEPs want the rules to be proportional to any threat and for the parliament to have an equal say with national government in this area. The European parliament has rejected a call by some countries, including the... [29 Sep 2005]
Europe spurns patent directive by huge majority
News A spokesman for the European parliament said 648 MEPs out of a total of 729 voted to reject the directive, which critics feared would widen the extent to which software could be patented. The European parliament voted on Wednesday to reject the... [06 Jul 2005]
Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy
News There is no point in voting Lib Dem in European elections, if the elected MEPs feel they can blatantly disregard policy when it suits them, and the party is powerless to rein them in," Chan added. In a crucial vote at the JURI committee on Monday... [24 Jun 2005]
Software patent loopholes have grown, say campaigners
News Green MEPs Eva Lichtenberger and Monica Frassoni issued a statement saying that although all parties involved in the directive claim to be opposed to software patents, the legal uncertainty created by the directive will merely serve to allow them... [22 Jun 2005]
Software patent directive officially approved
News The hurdle is very high as we need an absolute majority of every member of parliament, which means 367 MEPs for every amendment to the directive," said Mueller. The European Council adopted the software patent directive on Monday, despite requests... [07 Mar 2005]
Personal air traveller data - it's not yours any more
News The Parliament has stated its anti-agreement position to the EC and the European Council repeatedly - on 21 April, the MEPs decided to reject the deal outright and call on the European Court of Justice to decide the legality of the Brussels... [19 May 2004]
Passenger data row escalates to Court of Justice
News For the MEPs, US authorities' access to PNRs is illegal under the terms of the national right and European right to privacy. According to the non-governmental organisation on European digital rights, the Irish minister for European affairs... [23 Apr 2004]
Offshore data security fears dismissed by UK
News The Amicus group of Labour MEPs is calling for the European Commission to extend the data protection directive to cover customer data handled overseas because of fears that security is more lax. The MEPs have tabled the motion to the Employment and... [06 Apr 2004]
Europe tells US: 'Hands off our flyers' data'
News A vote in the Parliament found that the vast majority of MEPs voted in favour of a report criticising the data sharing - 439 for, 39 against. The controversial electronic sharing of airline passenger data between the EC and the US, which the US... [22 Mar 2004]
Politicians finally set to vote on 'Europe's DMCA'
News A lot of MEPs said they wanted to send a message to the youth of Europe," he said. The European Parliament will on Tuesday undertake its final, long-delayed vote on the controversial new directive on intellectual property rights. [08 Mar 2004]
Gates' knighthood draws criticism for Blair
News However, not all MEPs are opposed to the UK's disregard of EU legislation. Among those speaking out against the decision is a member of the European Parliament who expressed disgust at the timing of the announcement, which coincided with Gates... [28 Jan 2004]
