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…
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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…
Safer Internet Day: Education is the key for young generations to surf the web safely, not surveillance (February 9, 2021)
On 9 February, the world is celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID). The European Pirates fully support the annual initiative, which aims at making…
Gregorová: Balkan weapons end up in the hands of terrorists. A new agency could solve the problem (February 8, 2021)
Brussels, 5 February 2021 – MEP Markéta Gregorová organized an international debate on the illegal export of weapons from the Balkan countries. She…
The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence (February 3, 2021)
The EU wants to have all private chats, messages, and emails automatically searched for suspicious content, generally and indiscriminately. The stated aim: To…
Pirates want to prevent the profit shifting into tax havens. The new campaign will help to convince a key member state to support a crucial proposal (January 29, 2021)
Brussels/Prague, 28th of January 2021 – The chairman of the European Pirate Party Mikuláš Peksa has launched a campaign to convince the Czech government…
Data Protection Day: Pirate MEPs present 7 privacy tools for daily use (January 28, 2021)
Happy Data Protection Day! This international day was established in 2007 in order to raise awareness for how our personal data is used…
Pirates: Flawed report on artificial intelligence recommends use of error-prone technology in judicial procedures and public spaces (January 20, 2021)
Today, Members of the European Parliament will vote on a report by the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) on artificial intelligence (AI) in…