EU Commission tries to rip citizens off Net Neutrality

The European Commission attacks Net Neutrality again, by introducing a “compromise document” that refuses to enshrine a definition of this crucial principle into the law. A strong coalition including the EU Council, the European Commission and a handful of MEPs is working against the general interest by including loopholes that will be used by the telecom lobby to circumvent the proposed protections against discrimination, thereby undermining fundamental rights and innovation. The EU Parliament negotiators1 have duty to resist the technocratic pressure to come to a deal and instead stick to the general interest. However, the EU Parliament must fight hard against some of its own members. The rapporteur of the text Pilar del Castillo (EPP – ES) and Vicky Ford (ECR – UK) did not hesitate to betray the vote in April 2014 of their own institution in order to please big telecom operators. http://www.laquadrature.net/en/eu-commission-tries-to-rip-citizens-off-net-neutrality http://www.laquadrature.net/files/20150604_Commission_NN.pdf Technical non-paper on open Internet provisions and related end-user rights