Pirates: European Convention must include majority voting in Council (September 14, 2022)
Strasbourg, 14/09/2022 – Today, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered her annual speech on the state of the European…
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Pirate MEPs call for protection of mental health in digital space (July 5, 2022)
Strasbourg, 06/07/2022 – Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the protection of mental health in the digital workspace. Pirate Party MEPs…
AI Act: E-proctoring is a high-risk application, according to CULT Committee’s opinion (June 15, 2022)
15/06/2022 – The CULT Committee voted on the AI Act opinion this morning. MEPs agreed on an updated list of high-risk applications in…
DMA close to approval: Solo ride of tech giants coming to an end (May 16, 2022)
Brussels, 16/05/2022 – Today, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) approved the final wording of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Pirate…
Chat control: fundamental rights terrorism against trust, self-determination and security (May 11, 2022)
Today, the European Commission presented publicly for the first time an EU draft law on mandatory chat control. With the stated intention of fighting against…
“Destruction of digital privacy of correspondence”: lawsuit filed against chat control (May 10, 2022)
Yesterday, Member of the European Parliament and digital freedom fighter Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) filed an action for an injunction against the so-called chat…
Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance plan on May 11 (May 6, 2022)
Next week on Wednesday (May 11), the EU Commission will present an EU draft law on mandatory chat control to the public for…
Plenary vote on Europol upgrade: legalization of illegal activities is a scandal (May 4, 2022)
Today, Members of the European Parliament voted on revising Europol’s mandate and upgrading the EU police agency. The adoption of the report will give the…
European Health Data Space: Proposal not designed in the interest of patients (May 4, 2022)
Yesterday, the EU Commission presented a draft law to create a “European Health Data Space” (EHDS). The proposal aims to connect patients‘ health data…
Pirates strongly oppose undemocratic threshold in European elections (May 3, 2022)
Strasbourg, 03/05/2022 – Today, the European Parliament approved a legislative initiative for new electoral rules to be applied to European elections. Pirate Party…