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by rbehrends 5252 days ago
You're misreading this. The motion that was defeated against the votes of the center-left was this:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&#3...

It is a resolution that is critical of ACTA and asks for necessary clarifications and improvements. It is pretty much the exact opposite of "voting for ACTA".

The center-right parties then succeeded in getting a motion of resolution approved for the following text:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&#3...