Will  Internet users be cut off in Europe? Now the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, will the European Parliament flex its muscle to defend citizens fundamental rights? 

And will Stavros Lambrinidis deliver a defence of the European Parliament's position?  He's  the Greek MEP and lawyer who said he wanted to protect the fundamental right to Internet access without interference, and to whom Internet users now turn.  

D-Day  refers to the Dinner Date which regular iptegrity readers will know about.

***FIRST NEWS OF CONCILIATION COMMITTEE MEETING IS OUT -  see Christian Engstrom's blog ***

Today the European Parliament meets with the Council as the full Telecoms Package Conciliation Committee.  On the table is one topic - whether  or not 3-strikes  measures to enforce copyright on the Internet (French or British style) is acceptable in Europe.

These measures are primarily intended to hit peer-topeer filesharers, but the EU legislation could affect all

Read more: It's D-Day for 3-strikes in Europe

As the two sides in the Telecoms Package tug-of-war meet again on Wednesday evening, the ‘Hadopi'  test could be the deciding factor.  The Council wants this to be the final meeting. Will it also be the final showdown for Internet rights in Europe?

The Telecoms Package Conciliation committee meets in full for the first time tomorrow. This is the so-called Conciliation Dinner which I previously wrote about and it is the date chosen by the Council to seal up the Package forever.  

It is now emerging that the Council is using the

Read more: The Hadopi test - who will win the EU tug of war?

The Council of Ministers latest stealth move on the Telecoms Package - it sneaks the Harbour report, withs its chilling Internet restrictions provisions, into law - and does so without a prior statement to the Parliament or European citizens.

Bureacrats at the Council of Ministers have taken a unilateral decision behind closed doors to split the Telecoms

Read more: Say hello to EU Internet restrictions