European Parliament
Gesine Meissner  (ALDE ),
in writing
(DE)
Since a postponement of the vote on the ACTA in order to be able to evaluate and take into account the pending ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union was not possible, I abstained from voting. With regard to tackling product piracy and strengthening copyright, ACTA is something that I could support. Nevertheless, the fears and concerns of a section of the population, which feels its freedoms will be restricted by ACTA, must be taken into account. For that reason, the decision of the Court of Justice would have been an important decision-making criterion for me.

