Dutch Parliament delays net neutrality vote

The Lower House of Dutch Parliament has postponed voting on the Telecommunications Law by one week to 21 June, because the Socialist Party wants more time to study the amendment over cookies. Labour Party PvdA and Freedom Party PVV submitted amendments, requiring permission only for third party cookies. Earlier, minister of economic affairs Maxime Verhagen asked for a new cookie regulation in order to better protect privacy on the internet. Verhagen's proposal called for internet users to have an opt-in permission for all cookies. Meanwhile, the SGP has also submitted a sub-amendment, saying providers should be able to provide upstream filtered internet, countering an earlier proposal which stated providers must completely respect net neutrality. Negotiations are ongoing behind the scenes. Market watchers think that while the Socialist Party might support the sub-amendment, the rest will not.