WARSAW CALLS ON MEPS TO REJECT ACTA.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called on the leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), the Parliament's biggest political group, to reject the multilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). "Today I sent a letter to all the leaders of national parties represented witin the EPP, suggesting that they reject the ACTA in its current form, as negotiated by the European Commission," Tusk told the press, on 17 February. "The ACTA is an attempt to protect copyright, but the freedom sacrified is too high a price to pay," Tusk said, arguing that the agreement does not match "the realities of the 21st century".

The Polish government signed the ACTA on 26 January, as did 21 other EU countries. The signature of this agreement led to an unprecedented wave...

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