Re: Video games Europe - Seriously - An Update?

On 16/07/2025 19:24, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:22:35 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
 

Well this is more than I thought would happen. One of the vice
presidents of the EU has come out in support of the initiative. Where
it's goes from here is anybody's guess. Something I also noticed,
Videogames Europe is based in Brussels, now I can't imagine why they
choose that location. Maybe they really like Belgian fries with mayo?
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https://www.eurogamer.net/as-stop-killing-games-momentum-continues-top-eu-politician-offers-support-a-game-once-sold-belongs-to-the-customer

 To be clear, though, all Stefanuta (the politician in question) was
did was say is (paraphrased), "yeah, this a good idea," and he signed
the non-binding "Stop Killing Games" petition. He hasn't actually
pushed forward any initiatives that would support it. And, coming from
Romania, I'm not sure how much influence he'd have anyway. At this
point, he's just one more name on the petition and (with apologies to
our Romanian neighbors) little more important than if, say, Tom Hanks
signed his name to the list. Buzzworthy, but not really moving us
forward.
 I'll happily eat my hat, though, if tomorrow Stefanuta proposes some
sort of committee or ensures there will be a public hearing on the
topic. But -and maybe I'm just too cynical- at this point it just
looks like an easy way to get his name in the press rather than any
real show of support.
 

He's one of the vice presidents of the *EU* so does have somewhat of a say in what happens and certainly rather more than Tom Hanks support would. He also has a history of talking about digital rights for consumers.
To put it simply, it's people like him who if the petition get's the authorised number of signatures can try and push people in the EU to move it forward and be considered.