Martin Schulz rules out split voting on the TPD

[VaperCaper]

President of the EU parliament Martin schulz has ruled out split and seperate voting on the TPD.

MEPs will not be given the opportunity to vote for or against separate provisions and it will be all or nothing.

According to an email reply from Save Ecigs.

Twitter is going nuts. I am quietly seething, but not all that surprised.

It's possible that the entire TPD will be thrown out, but that's about as likely as Australia winning the Eurovision Song contest.

If as is likely the TPD becomes law with article 18 intact we now will have to challenge it in the courts. We'd win obviously, as it's such a badly written rushed piece of legislation that it has several holes in it. It'll take time and money to overturn though.

Plan B ahoy.

 

[Fubar1977]

Can't say I'm surprised by this.
Pissed off but not surprised.

Always thought this would end up in Court tbh.
I assume it would need some or all of the "bigger players" in the ecig market to bring this about or perhaps getting a number of the smaller vendors together to fund it.
Dare I say it, perhaps TW have enough funds and a sufficiently aggressive legal team?

I want to thank you for this post but I assume you'll understand if I don't... Sigh.

If it can't be defeated in Court I guess a whole load of us will be buying our stuff direct from the Chinese, not exactly good for the local economy.

 

[Gonloopy]

Can't say I'm surprised either, you could see it coming a mile off
oh and clicked like when I meant to thank,
i don't like this, don't like it at all....

 

[Mawsley]

Shame some people are raising money to throw away during elections when it could be used to fight the legislation directly.

 

[Scoff]

How is this democracy when individuals and small behind closed door groups make decisions that effect the whole continent?

 

[Fubar1977]

How is this democracy when individuals and small behind closed door groups make decisions that effect the whole continent?

It isn't, it's a dictatorship with a thin veneer of "democracy".
I don't feel like I've been living in a democratic country for a good few years now.

 

[VaperCaper]

update from Save Ecigs.

http://saveecigs.wordpress.com/2014...rmation-today-about-split-and-separate-votes/

apparently it's still not yet decided whether to allow split and separate votes.

VTTV tonight looks like a must watch.

 

[Fubar1977]

http://saveecigs.wordpress.com
VaperCaper just ninja'd me....

 

[steffijade]

Shame some people are raising money to throw away during elections when it could be used to fight the legislation directly.

If it raises the profile of campaigning against article 18 and exposes the corrupt processes that have been employed, then maybe it might attract more support (financial and otherwise) for a legal challenge in the long run?

 

[Mawsley]

If it raises the profile of campaigning against article 18 and exposes the corrupt processes that have been employed, then maybe it might attract more support (financial and otherwise) for a legal challenge in the long run?

I just think that in terms of 'bang for buck' this will not achieve its goals in the way that a legal challenge will.

With proper PR covering this, with a coordinated campaign across all organisations and interested parties, we'd achieve far greater exposure and positive spin from working together. Much more so than a spin-off group who have yet to coalesce into a legitimate organisation.