It would indeed be nice if the Software Patent Directive were on the verge of being scrapped:
According to Lehne, four smaller factions in the vote planned for Wednesday on the directive and possible amendments want to completely reject the European Council's proposal, according to an AFP report that can be found, among others, in the Berliner Zeitung.
Unfortunately, I'll only believe it when I see it. Because so far, the impending demise has been proclaimed several times, but the thing has still made it through. Moreover, I wouldn't be surprised if the Council simply sends the same directive back to the front without real changes. Or if the talk of scrapping it is simply an attempt to lull the software patent opponents into a false sense of security and get them to ease up on their efforts.
Therefore: continue to write and speak out against software patents. Write to your own EU representatives. Also write to those you otherwise have nothing to do with - and point out that the Software Patent Directive is selling Europe to the giants of the software industry.