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But when Europe started to consider officially authorizing software patents a few years ago, public opposition started to rise and became so strong that the politicians and the parties began paying attention to it, and started saying they were against it. In fact two attempts to authorize software patents have been blocked already in Europe. The French Minister of Industry says that software patents would be a disaster and under no circumstances should they be allowed in France. All of the German political parties have taken a stand against software patents.