I dag stemte jeg mod den fælles holdning til direktivet om computer-implementerede opfindelsers patenterbarhed på grund af den øgede kontrol og overvældende dominans, det ville give store softwarevirksomheder og de deraf følgende skadelige virkninger for små og mellemstore virksomheder.
The process has displayed all the defects in the way we legislate at EU level, and these failings must be addressed if MEPs are to avoid portraying themselves as incapable of legislating on complex but vital subjects. First, secrecy in the Council of Ministers: it is impossible to be well informed on its reasoning.