European technology will not serve dictators, decided the European Parliament (April 6, 2021)
Brussels, 26 March 2021 – Authoritarian regimes will no longer be able to use modern European technologies to oppress their citizens. The European…
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Digital vaccination passport: Pirates see room for improvement (March 18, 2021)
Brussels, 17/03/2021– The Pirates Delegation in the European Parliament only partially approves the Commission’s legislative proposal for the “Digital Green Certificate”. While there…
EU ministers want EU-wide data retention. Breyer: Never again surveillance state! (March 16, 2021)
Brussels, 12/03/2021 – The great majority of EU justice ministers yesterday once again called a new Europe-wide collection of traffic and location data…
World Day against Cyber Censorship: Don‘t let machines decide on our knowledge and thinking! (March 16, 2021)
Brussels, 12/03/2021 – The Internet used to be considered a place of free expression, allowing for unhindered communication across national borders. Today, these…
The European Union is the new “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone” (March 12, 2021)
Brussels, 11 March 2021 – According to the new resolution lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, intersex and queer people are to have freedom in…
European Parliament stays non-transparent. Kolaja calls for roll-call votes (March 11, 2021)
Brussels, 10 March 2021 – Voting in the committees of the European Parliament stays anonymous. Despite the long-term pressure from its Vice-President Marcel Kolaja,…
Pirates: Commission must rethink vision on COVID-19 vaccine passport (March 9, 2021)
The Commission’s plan to introduce a “Digital Green Pass” for EU citizens threatens fundamental rights in several respects. While the European Pirates in…
Transparency pays off I: European databases expose Luxembourgish evasion (March 5, 2021)
Mikuláš Peksa: The number of tax evasion scandals that we have had to process in the last decade is almost astonishing. We have…
New study on EU agricultural funds shows fraud, corruption and misuse of European money in Central and Eastern Europe (February 25, 2021)
Brussels, 25 February 2021 – Today, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament released a report which shows that with the current capping…
Reclaim Your Face: ECI against biometric mass surveillance launched today (February 17, 2021)
Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer calls for signing the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Reclaim Your Face“. The initiative advocates for a ban on…