"While parliamentary documents cannot be shown yet, we are in fact aware of concrete progress."One person sent us what was called a "draft of a question [an MEP] was planning on tabling to the European Commission. I assume if it has been tabled it will be in the public domain." Perhaps somebody who is familiar with the Parliament/Commission Web site will be able to locate the letter (if it's there), but regardless, here is a redacted version of it:
"Are we seeing a 'slow motion' FIFA-type scandal unfolding?"Few politicians out there deserve special praises for studying a hard topic like patents and the EPO (harder to grasp than something like football or sex-related scandals); many take the easy route and ignore what's going on at the EPO; they gain more political karma by dealing with trivial matters like immigration, poor-shaming, and so on. Dutch politicians Dennis De Jong and John Kerstens, as well as French Politicians Philip Cordery and Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ are among those actually doing their job, which is representation of their citizens, especially at hard times. John Kerstens and Philip Cordery can be contacted in Twitter. ⬆