Parliamentarians call for ITU moves to be blocked at WCIT next month.

The parliament followed the recommendations of five of its committees that had examined the treaty.

The Pirate Party, a party campaigning for online civil rights, has won at least one seat in the European Parliament, after obtaining 7.1 percent of the votes in elections in Sweden.

Wide-ranging reforms of European Union telecom laws were rejected by the European Parliament on Wednesday because of one clause that would have compromised citizens' rights of access to the Internet.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will push for a re-think of the balance between the need for security and the right to privacy on the Internet, not just in Europe but around the world, they agreed during a debate at the Parliament on Thursday.

The European Parliament made changes to a controversial proposal for a law criminalizing intellectual-property (IP) infringements Wednesday, sparking criticism from all sides in the debate.

European competition commissioner Neelie Kroes hit out at Microsoft Corp. in comments to European parliamentarians Thursday, saying it is "unacceptable" that the company continues to gain market share using tactics that were outlawed in the Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling against the software vendor.