Germany is the controversial ACTA treaty will not sign it. Thus, the country will among others, Poland and the Czech republic before and it comes back on an earlier promise to have a signature. Germany wants to wait for the European Parliament.
This has the German press service DPA from government circles heard. The German government would want to wait until the European Parliament will debate ACTA pronounced, for the proposal to the Bundestag presented.
The German minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger had earlier even know that ACTA is not so important for Germany, because the German law is there not to have to be adjusted. Also the Dutch government had previously know that ACTA does not go further than the Dutch law. Now imagine that Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger that understand therefore wondered whether ACTA is necessary and welcomes the open debate that both off – and online will be conducted on the treaty, writes Der Spiegel.
Just as in many other countries, is the resistance to ACTA in Germany is great. Among other things, the Greens, the left (die Linke and the pirate party of his opponent, while also the resistance in the FDP grows. Saturday it is anti-ACTA demonstrations take place in sixty German cities. Also in the Netherlands there are a few of the demonstrations.
Of the 27 Eu member states, 22 of them signed. For Germany, the signing was only a formality. Poland, Czech republic, Slovakia and Latvia have the signature also postponed. The netherlands has also not yet signed because there is still no parliamentary discussion has been.