Pirates: Presidential elections can bring chaos to French Presidency (January 21, 2022)
Strasbourg, 19/01/2022 – The Pirates in the European Parliament are concerned that presidential elections can harm the French Presidency of the Council of…
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Pirate MEP Peksa: A diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics seems necessary (January 21, 2022)
Brussels, 21/01/2022 – Together with colleagues from the Tibet Interest Group and the European Parliament, the Pirates urge EU Member States to boycott…
Digital Services Act: Decision in part strengthens, in part threatens privacy, safety and free speech online (January 20, 2022)
Strasbourg, 20/01/2022 – Today, the EU Parliament will formally adopt its position on the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Parliament approved language aimed…
Global Pirates elected new leadership for the coming two years (January 11, 2022)
January 11th 2022 – Pirate Parties International (PPI), the global umbrella organisation of Pirate Parties around the world, held its 16th General Assembly…
The Slovak “Corruption Office” is at it again. It may cost us billions of crowns (January 11, 2022)
Despite warnings by the European Commission and the European Anti-Fraud Office, the new Slovak Minister of Agriculture granted the Agricultural Paying Agency the…
ITALY: HUMAN RIGHTS? YES, BUT NOT FOR EVERYBODY! (January 3, 2022)
At the end of October, the Italian Senate torpedoed a bill against homophobia and discrimination against minorities. Two men brutally beaten by hooligans…
Chat control 2.0: the sequel nobody asked for (December 19, 2021)
In July 2021, the European Commission’s proposal to allow general and indiscriminate scanning of users’ private messages and photos (Chat control) was adopted by the European…
Let’s not compete with Lukashenko, who has the stomach to watch migrants suffer for longer (December 18, 2021)
By Markéta Gregorová, MEP The Czech Army’s help to Poland is in order. Let us not forget, however, what is happening on the…
How to restore competitiveness on digital markets? By mandating interoperability of services (December 18, 2021)
At the December plenary session, the European Parliament approved its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to…
Marcel Kolaja: The first half of my term – four main achievements (December 17, 2021)
Half of the mandate is behind me, and I have to say it was a ride. I am pleased how many things I…