EU elections 2024: Pirate Party MEPs lead Czech list (September 18, 2023)
Prague, 18/09/2023 – On Saturday, Pirate Party MEP Marcel Kolaja was elected to lead the Pirate candidates for the European elections 2024. Kolaja…
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Health data: 100k EU citizens call for better protection (September 6, 2023)
This morning, WeMove Europe, the European Disability Forum, the European Trade Union Confederation and European Digital Rights (EDRi) handed over the signatures of…
“Russia’s rampage in Ukraine knows no summer holidays” (August 29, 2023)
Brussels, 29/08/2023 – On Wednesday, 30 August at 19.00, Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová will open the unique exhibition ‘Fracture: Documents from Kharkiv’…
Pirates welcome new manufacturing rules (July 12, 2023)
Today, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Ecodesign regulation for the trilogue negotiations with the Council. MEPs drafted a law that…
ECJ ruling on Meta browsing records: Breakthrough for online privacy (July 4, 2023)
Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, who has sued in court for more than 10 years against the clickstream logging, celebrates today’s ECJ ruling against the…
Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU (July 3, 2023)
On 1 July, Spain holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the fifth time. In his welcome address, the President of…
Pegasus spyware: Pirates call for urgent action after parliamentary Committee concludes (June 15, 2023)
Strasbourg, 15/06/2023 – Today, the PEGA Committee of the European Parliament, tasked with investigating the use of spyware against journalists, activists, and politicians,…
Historic vote: EU Parliament to ban biometric mass surveillance (June 14, 2023)
Strasbourg, 14/06/2023 – Today, the European Parliament voted to ban real-time facial surveillance in public spaces under the EU’s new Artificial Intelligence Act…
#Qatargate: New Ethics Body is toothless (June 9, 2023)
Today, the European Commission presented its plans for an inter-institutional Ethics Body in response to the “Qatargate” corruption scandal in the European Parliament to…
10 years after the revelations of Edward Snowden: Let‘s defend anonymity and secure communication online! (June 6, 2023)
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the day Edward Snowden revealed the mass surveillance programmes of intelligence agencies worldwide. EU lawmaker and privacy…