ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39

Re:ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39 by bahadden on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @11:47AM (#4199800)

That seems to be how the EU works. They did exactly that when Ireland rejected the Lisbon treaty. Ignored the referendum results and basically told them to go back and vote again, until they came up with the right result.

Also De Gucht was appointed to office, not voted in. There is no democratic way to oust him.

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Re:ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39 by rmc on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @12:39PM (#4199991)

It was also the Irish Government that wanted to re-run the Treaty of Nice and Lisbon (they did it twice!). The Irish political mainstream was entirely behind Nice & Lisbon, and they were sorta suprised at the No vote. Hence they decided to re-run it.

The EU has no problem dropping a member state out if that government wants to not take part. The UK didn't want the recent Fiscal Compact, and was going to veto it. So the rest of the EU (bar UK & Czech Rep.) just went ahead with a different treaty.

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Re:ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39 by eco on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @12:06PM (#4199870)

Appointed by whom?

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Re:ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39 by rmc on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @12:40PM (#4199994)

EU Commissoners are appointed by member states. Roughly one commisoner per state. The European Parliament is elected by the people. The Council of Ministers is made up of the governments.

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Re:ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39 by zspade on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @12:50PM (#4200045)

Can not be un-appointed, or are they like US Supreme court judges and serve for "life".

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Re:ACTA killed in EU parliament: 478 votes to 39 by rmc on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @12:57PM (#4200069)

They can be removed from office, yes. The European Parliament can even impeech the lot of them.

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