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What's the plan?
editCopyright reform is coming to the new European Parliament. It has been worked on by the last Commission, but this time even the President of the European Commission has made it his number 1 priority. The idea is to build a relationship with our representatives in the relevant parliamentary committees well before we actually need it. Such a personal connection can be based on a shared language, shared party or a shared constituency. The idea is to have active Wikimedians (WEASELS) take on one or few Members of the European Parliament, get in touch with them and start advising them on digital issues.
When do I start?
editImmediately and the contact should continue over the next years. There is not start or end date. Remember, we're not going for a one-time email exchange here, but are trying to foster trust.
Who do I get in touch with and how?
editCheck the the list of members of the two most relevant committees below and pick the person who think you are most likely to enjoy talking to. The three options here are email, phone call and personal meeting and they can be built up in this order.
What do I say?
editWhile the goal is to be personal and you should take some time into reading up on your chosen MEP to be able to approach them at an angle that gives you the highest possible chances of success, here a few talking points you can and should mention, so we are all on the same page.
- Who are you (Wikimedian, a chapter, a volunteer?)
- What is Wikimedia & Wikipedia: A global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world & a Free Encyclopedia
- Point to our Statement of Intent and Position Paper
- Explain that a copyright reform is coming to their committee in the next few years
- If you have a personal story about how lack of Freedom of Panorama, for instance, stopped you from doing something
- Mention that you would like to meet in person back home and that they can meet a Wikimedian in Brussels
Who does what?
editPut your name in the list below so we know who is contacting whom. Don't forget to tick off successful accomplishments.
| MEP | Country, Group | WEASEL | Emailed? | Phoned? | Met? | Supports us? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eva Paunova | BG EPP | Dimi | sent | scheduled |  Likely
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Talked about market harmonisation | |
| Amjad Bashir | UK EFD | ||||||
| Dita Charanzová | CZ ALDE | WMCZ/Aktron | |||||
| Carlos Coelho | PT EPP | ||||||
| Sergio Gaetano Cofferati | IT S&D | ||||||
| Lara Comi | IT EPP | ||||||
| Anna Maria Corazza Bildt | SE EPP | ||||||
| Brian Crowley | IE ECR | ||||||
| Nicola Danti | IT S&D | ||||||
| Pascal Durand | FR GREENS | ||||||
| Vicky Ford | UK ECR | WMUK - Stevie Benton | yes | yes | yes, with staff | Also snail mail. Chairwoman. Talking a lot to staff and ECR advisor for IMCO. | |
| Ildikó Pelczné Gáll | HU EPP | ||||||
| Evelyne Gebhardt | DE S&D | ||||||
| Maria Grapini | RO S&D | ||||||
| Antanas Guoga | LT ALDE | ||||||
| Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto | ES S&D | ||||||
| Eduard-Raul Hellvig | RO EPP | ||||||
| Anneleen Van Bossuyt | BE ECR | SPQRobin | MEP since January 2015 | ||||
| Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz | PL NI | neo-liberal - concentrate on freedom | |||||
| Liisa Jaakonsaari | FI S&D | ||||||
| Cornelis de Jong | NL GUE | ||||||
| Philippe Juvin | FR EPP | ||||||
| Antonio López-Istúriz White | ES EPP | ||||||
| Jiří Maštálka | CZ GUE | ||||||
| Marlene Mizzi | MT S&D | ||||||
| Margot Parker | UK EFD | AndrewRT (talk) | yes | being arranged | Now UKIP, former Libertas.eu | ||
| Florian Philippot | FR NI | ||||||
| Jiří Pospíšil | CZ EPP | ||||||
| Marcus Pretzell | DE ECR | AfD have liberal strings | |||||
| Robert Rochefort | FR ALDE | ||||||
| Virginie Rozière | FR S&D | Concentrate on equal opportunities | |||||
| Christel Schaldemose | DK S&D | ||||||
| Andreas Schwab | DE EPP | ||||||
| Olga Sehnalová | CZ S&D | ||||||
| Igor Šoltes | SI GREENS | ||||||
| Ivan Štefanec | SK EPP | ||||||
| Catherine Stihler | UK S&D | WMUK | |||||
| Richard Sulík | SK ALDE | ||||||
| Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein | PL EPP | ||||||
| Mylène Troszczynski | FR NI | ||||||
| Matthijs van Miltenburg | NL ALDE | sent | Substitute in the committee |
Legal Affairs Committee (JURI)
edit| MEP | Country, Group | WEASEL | Written? | Phoned? | Met? | Supports us? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Andersson | SE GREENS | Karl | Likely
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Wants to become new Swedish digital guy after Pirates left | |||
| Joëlle Bergeron | FR EFD | ||||||
| Marie-Christine Boutonnet | FR NI |  Unlikely
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| Jean-Marie Cavada | FR ALDE | WMFR/Samuel | yes |  Oppose
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| Kostas Chrysogonos | GR GUE |  Possible
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| Therese Comodini Cachia | MT EPP | Karl | Possible
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| Mady Delvaux-Stehres | LU S&D | ||||||
| Andrzej Duda | PL ECR | ||||||
| Rosa Estaràs Ferragut | ES EPP | ||||||
| Laura Ferrara | IT EFD | WMIT/Lorenzo + Nemo | yes | yes |  Confirmed
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Assistant is IP Lawyer and wants to meet | |
| Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg | PL S&D | WMPL/Tar + Odder | Confirmed
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Very friendly on the phone, made several good amendments together with other S&D people. | |||
| Mary Honeyball | UK S&D | Simon & WMUK | yes | yes | Possible
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copyright shouldn't have a bad name | |
| Dietmar Köster | DE S&D | Dimi | Possible
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Offered to meet after summer break. With Sonja Gabrowsky. | |||
| Sajjad Karim | UK ECR | WMUK/Stevie/Michael | |||||
| Gilles Lebreton | FR NI | ||||||
| Antonio Marinho de Pinto | PT ALDE | Dimi | yes | ||||
| Jiří Maštàlka | CZ GUE | WMCZ/Aktron | Possible
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| Enrico Gasbarra | IT S&D | WMIT/Nemo | yes | yes | yes | Possible
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Authored a lot of assorted amendments. Going to discuss further. |
| Emil Radev | BG EPP | Dimi_z | yes | in Strasbourg | Possible
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Interested in "legal insecurities/risks". Wants to see our FoP studies and requested brochures. | |
| Julia Reda | DE GREENS | Dimi_z | yes | yes | yes | Confirmed
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PIRATE! ARRR! |
| Evelyn Regner | AT S&D | Dimi_z | yes | yes | yes | Confirmed
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Joe Weidenholzer repsonsible for "digital". |
| Pavel Svoboda | CZ EPP | Dimi_z | yes | yes | yes | Possible
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Chairman - will host an event for us |
| József Szájer | HU EPP | ||||||
| Axel Voss | DE EPP | Dimi | Yes | With Assistant | Possible
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Were opened and interested without giving much away. Hopefully will stay in touch. Could image supporting our points if certain changes included. | |
| Tadeusz Zwiefka | PL EPP |
ITRE
editVoted a little good stuff. Some italians contacted.
CULT
editGot a majority on PD-Gov and other stuff, failed to approve an opinion. In touch with most italians, some of others too.
Plenary
editIn the 2015-07-09 plenary discussion several MEPs spoke about freedom of panorama; in the vote, only 40 voted for Cavada's text, 228 for amendment 3.
For more details, see the VoteWatch report.
We have a partial view from the emicycle of who voted in favour of AM 3 (mostly from EPP) which can be compared to the seating map and photos of speakers; official proceedings will tell who voted what for § 46; we also know who signed AM 3:
| MEP | Country | Group | Group-country size | Party-country size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mlinar Angelika | AT | ALDE | 6 | |
| Lunacek Ulrike | AT | EFA | 3 | |
| Demesmaeker Mark | BE | ECR | 4 | |
| Van Brempt Kathleen | BE | S&D | 4 | |
| Kyuchyuk Ilhan | BG | ALDE | 4 | |
| Charanzová Dita | CZ | ALDE | 4 | |
| Pospíšil Jiří | CZ | ALDE | ||
| Zahradil Jan | CZ | ECR | 2 | |
| Niedermüller Péter | CZ | EPP | 7 | |
| Müller Ulrike | DE | ALDE | 4 | |
| Lambsdorff Alexander Graf | DE | ALDE | ||
| Meissner Gesine | DE | ALDE | ||
| Theurer Michael | DE | ALDE | ||
| Kölmel Bernd | DE | ECR | 8 | |
| Buchner Klaus | DE | EFA | 13 | |
| Giegold Sven | DE | EFA | ||
| Zimmer Gabriele | DE | GUE | 8 | |
| Kammerevert Petra | DE | S&D | 27 | |
| Kallas Kaja | EE | ALDE | 3 | |
| Toom Yana | EE | ALDE | ||
| Paet Urmas | EE | ALDE | ||
| Tarand Indrek | EE | EFA | 1 | |
| Maura Barandiarán Fernando | ES | ALDE | 8 | |
| Tremosa i Balcells Ramon | ES | ALDE | ||
| Becerra Basterrechea Beatriz | ES | ALDE | ||
| Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz Maite | ES | ALDE | ||
| Bilbao Barandica Izaskun | ES | ALDE | ||
| Terricabras Josep-Maria | ES | EFA | 4 | |
| Torvalds Nils | FI | ALDE | 4 | |
| Takkula Hannu | FI | ALDE | ||
| Ruohonen-Lerner Pirkko | FI | ECR | 2 | |
| Szanyi Tibor | HU | S&D | 4 | |
| Harkin Marian | IE | ALDE | 1 | |
| Adinolfi Isabella | IT | EFDD | 17 | |
| Tamburrano Dario | IT | EFDD | ||
| Salvini Matteo | IT | ENF | 5 | |
| Bizzotto Mara | IT | ENF | ||
| Borghezio Mario | IT | ENF | ||
| Fontana Lorenzo | IT | ENF | ||
| Gardini Elisabetta | IT | EPP | 15 | |
| Maltese Curzio | IT | GUE | 3 | |
| Auštrevičius Petras | LT | ALDE | 4 | |
| Ropė Bronis | LT | EFA | 1 | |
| Blinkevičiūtė Vilija | LT | S&D | 2 | |
| Schaake Marietje | NL | ALDE | 7 | |
| van Nieuwenhuizen Cora | NL | ALDE | ||
| in 't Veld Sophia | NL | ALDE | ||
| Gerbrandy Gerben-Jan | NL | ALDE | ||
| van Miltenburg Matthijs | NL | ALDE | ||
| van Baalen Johannes Cornelis | NL | ALDE | ||
| Huitema Jan | NL | ALDE | ||
| van de Camp Wim | NL | EPP | 5 | |
| Boni Michał | PL | EPP | 23 | |
| Faria José Inácio | PT | ALDE | 2 | |
| Nicolai Norica | RO | ALDE | 3 | |
| Weber Renate | RO | ALDE | ||
| Negrescu Victor | RO | S&D | 16 | |
| Grapini Maria | RO | S&D | ||
| Štefanec Ivan | SK | EPP | 6 | 3 |
| Kukan Eduard | SK | EPP | 1 | |
| Vajgl Ivo | SL | ALDE | 1 | |
| Federley Fredrick | SV | ALDE | 3 | |
| Bearder Catherine | UK | ALDE | 1 | |
| Ford Vicky | UK | ECR | 21 | |
| Dalton Daniel | UK | ECR | ||
| Smith Alyn | UK | EFA | 6 | |
| Evans Jill | UK | EFA | ||
| MEPs: 67 | Countries: | Groups: | Total: 262 |
Questions and coordination
editUser:Dimi_z is responsible for the coordination. Drop him a line to ask anything. He will also ping you in case of a need to take action.