[governance] A shame for the EC

[Andrea Glorioso]

Dear Norbert,

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Andrea Glorioso <andrea at digitalpolicy.it> wrote:
>
> > For me the basic question is actually whether pursuing an answer
> > to this question - which remains your right to ask, of course - will
> > provide any added value to achieve the goals of this initiative which,
> > I tend to believe, are shared by many people as worthy.
>
> From my personal perspective, the answers that you have given me
> are good enough. (Thank you!) This is based on believing to know
> you well enough to know that you know what you're talking about,
> and that you wouldn't lie to me outrightly. (I probably wouldn't
> have accepted these answers from any other EU official, so you
> can consider this a personal compliment if you like. :-) )
>

I sincerely thank you for this demonstration of trust.


> > Having said that, if this discussion needs to be pursued, it would
> > certainly help if it was kept at a level - in terms of form and
> substance -
> > that facilitates discussion. During the press conference, a German
> > journalist asked whether the appointment of zu Guttenberg meant
> > that the new policy of the EU with regards to China was that we
> > would now allow China to copy all of EU's intellectual property.
> >
> > How is one supposed to react to that?
>
> That's so absurd that a single-word response of "no", perhaps with
> a bit of laughter, would suffice, I think.
>

If I remember correctly, that was more or less the reaction of Neelie
Kroes (to whom the question was directed). Or maybe she did not
even bother to reply. I would need to re-check the recordings, which
I'm certainly not planning to do during my holiday period. :)

Best,

--
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