"The European Parliament has voted for legislation that would effectively exclude software and business methods from patentability. However European patent legislation is still largely in the hands of ministerial patent experts, many of whom have for years been pushing for unlimited patentability. This situation calls for close attention and resolute action by national parliamentarians and concerned citizens."
See http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/europarl0309/demands/ for more usefull information.
I have pushed a news on the FSF France web site about his official backing.
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