French "Three Strikes" Law Gets New Life

Kjella writes "A little over a week ago we discussed the EU's forbidding of disconnecting users from the Internet. But even after having passed with an 88% approval in the European Parliament, and passing through the European Commission, it was all undone last week. The European Council, led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, removed the amendment before passing the Telecom package. This means that there's now nothing stopping France's controversial 'three strikes' law from going into effect. What hope is there for a 'parliament' where near-unanimous agreement can be completely undone so easily?"

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And people like to call the US corrupt

[TOGSolid]

Between Britain's massive, rapid drive towards becoming a complete police state and things like this story illustrating just how easily a few hacks in a backroom can completely undermine a democratic vote, it almost makes the US look like a fairytale paradise in comparison. Not to say our country isn't going to shit as well, it's just taking longer.

I was thinking the same thing...

[PC and Sony Fanboy]

The EU is a great idfea but the execution is terrible.

You know, I was thinking the same thing about the united states political system... er, what is left of it, anyways.