The Czech government has decided to the ratification of the controversial Acta treaty for the time being. This follows the Czech republic vnom, the example of Poland, which on Friday decided to the Acta treaty for the time being not to ratify it.
Prime minister Petr Necas says the decision to have been taken after protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Also, government websites are attacked. Also sent the los-fixed hackersgroepering Anonymous a list with the names and addresses of some 27,000 members of the ruling ODS party to various Czech media.
According to Necas should the Czech government the Acta treaty even to study well: “We can under no circumstances accept that civil liberties and free access to information are threatened,” said the prime minister, compared the German press agency DPA.
With the shut-down of the ratification process follows the Czech republic, the example of Poland. The EU decided Friday the ratification process for the controversial antipiraterijverdrag to stop after mass protests, despite the fact that the Polish government, his signature already under Acta. Nevertheless, the convention will only come into force if the parliament is ratified. Poland now wants to first a broad public debate about Acta organize before a final decision is taken.