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Latest News URGENT! Send a letter to your representative in the EU Council to stop Sarkozy's plan against fundamental rights and Freedom on the Internet! Say no to Sarkozy's European takeover! Essential rights and freedoms for Internet users are at stake. On November 27th, The Council of EU may open the door to an pan-european "graduated response" by removing Amendment 138, voted by 88% of the European Parliament from the “Telecoms Package”. Academic studies confirm that the fundamental principles of proportionality and privacy may also be threatened by the ministers of the Member States, along with this blatant denial of everyone's right to a due trial. La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) publishes an open letter and renews its call for European citizens to write to their government representatives urging them to protect basic freedoms. Read More How French Presidency Hides a Political Laundering Inside EU Telecoms Package Everybody agrees that European Union suffers from a democratic deficit which deepens the gap between European institutions and their citizens. What is more unknown is that one of main reasons for this is that Member States often use European Union to achieve what can be spelled as “political laundering”. The “Telecoms Package” gives a perfect example of such a deceptive maneuver, aimed at legalizing an european-wide "graduated response" against citizens, and stretching it even deeper as usual. How does it work? Read More La Quadrature du Net : "Mr Minister, ..." Translation of the letter sent by La Quadrature to the French minister in charge of the Telecoms Package, Luc Chatel. Read More

How to help Feel free to help us ! You can use the list of requested tasks. Resources Pages that need to be translated or containing translation weirdness Political Memory: Our toolkit for finding informations about members of European Parliament (MEPs), including contact infos and votes on Internet issues. The Telecoms Package resource page The comments from European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on selected issues that arise from the IMCO report confirm La Quadrature du Net's analyses The constantly updated analysis of the amendments that will be voted in first reading, in plenary session, on September 24th 2008. The analysis of the problematic compromise amendments from Harbour report, voted in IMCO committee on July 7th, and that will be voted in plenary. Subscribe to the discussion mailing-list (low traffic) Campaign Save Freedom on the Internet from Sarkozy at the EU Council!