French internet law blocked, for now

In a coup de théâtre, the opponents of the internet surveillance bill managed to block it in the Senate on 9 April. But not for long, it seems:

"L'UMP semble vouloir effacer cet affront en faisant revoter au plus vite le projet de loi. 'Le vote négatif de l'Assemblée nationale retarde l'adoption du texte, ça ne le bloque pas. On va repasser le texte avec une lecture à l'Assemblée et une lecture au Sénat avec un vote conforme' dans les deux Chambres, a déclaré Roger Karoutchi, le secrétaire d'Etat aux relations avec le Parlement. 'Ce texte sera de toute manière bien sûr voté. On le fera à la rentrée des vacances parlementaires' de Pâques." Extract from Le Monde

"The UMP [President Sarkozy's center-right majority party] appears to want to erase this setback by sending the bill back to a vote as soon as possible. 'The negative vote in the Assembly slows the adoption of the text, but doesn't stop it. We will resubmit the text with a (full) reading of the bill in both the Assembly and the Senate and a line vote in both chambers' declared Roger Karoutchi, the Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations. 'This text will absolutely be voted on. We'll do it as soon as Parliament returns from its Easter break'."

Posted on 04/10 at 08:29 AM.


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