An example of one of these protective actions is the last European Parliament vote against the "7 March Common Position" document proposed by the European Council. The vote (648 to 14, with 18 abstentions) reflecting the decision of all political groups to reject the text rather than risk a result none could accept and the fact that this was the first time the Parliament rejected a "Council Common Position" in its history bears some signs of supernatural influence.
This European Parliament vote helped to defeat the software industry in European Union against the software patent curse a lot.