German politicians _are_ as useless, spineless, back stabbing, lying assholes as everybody else's politicians.

> They signed without blinking an eye.

So would German big-party politicians. But... next year we have elections, and the Pirate party is already too popular to be ignored. Fear of greens and pirates is the one and only reason why this wasnt signed now. Maybe it will in a year, when the elections are over. Until then, the anti-internet parties are tryin to keep a low profile with repect to internet censorship.