Pirates: VDL sugarcoats key issues in SOTEU speech (September 15, 2021)
Strasbourg, 15/09/2021 – In today’s speech [1], Commission President Ursula von der Leyen failed to give a complete picture of the state of…
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Digital Covid Certificate: Parliament wants discrimination and privacy concerns addressed (April 30, 2021)
Brussels, 29/04/2021 – The European Parliament finalised its official position on the „EU Covid-19 Certificate”, which aims at ensuring freedom of movement within…
Mandatory Transparency Register for lobbying in EU institutions doesn’t live up to its name (April 29, 2021)
Brussels, 28/04/2021 – Yesterday evening, the European Parliament endorsed an Interinstitutional Agreement for a Mandatory Transparency Register, aiming at implementing stricter rules for…
Pirates: Commission’s AI proposal opens door for biometric mass surveillance (April 22, 2021)
Brussels, 21/04/2021 – Today, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).[1] While the Pirate…
Controversial EU anti-terror internet regulation TERREG adopted: Freedom of expression and press in danger (January 13, 2021)
Brussels, 12/01/2021 – Last night, the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) adopted the regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online…
Pirates: New Digital Services Act (DSA) is disappointing (December 15, 2020)
Brussels 15/12/2020 – Today, the European Commission presented the Digital Services Act (DSA), proposing the biggest revision of internet rules in 20 years.…
TERREG regulation on deleting terrorist content adopted: Partial success implemented by Pirates (December 10, 2020)
Brussels, 10/12/2020 – Today, the final trilogue negotiations on the TERREG regulation concluded. The results are a major threat to fundamental rights in…
“Denunciation machine”: European Parliament approves electronic mass surveillance of E-mails and messengers (December 8, 2020)
Brussels, 7 December 2020 – Today, the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of a dangerous derogation from the ePrivacy…
Victory for Pirates: UN Cannabis legislation arrives in 21st century (December 4, 2020)
Brussels, 3rd of December 2020 – Cannabis is no longer considered as dangerous as heroine by the United Nations (UN). On Wednesday 2…
EU long-term budget negotiations: The Pirates managed to push through a number of Pirate priorities (November 13, 2020)
Brussels, 12/11/2020 – Negotiations regarding the EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021–2027 have been closed and we are now entering the final stage. While…