Media freedom in danger? The Visegrád Group as Achilles’ heel of Europe (May 31, 2022)
The latest survey shows that more than half of Czech citizens think that media freedom is in danger. This pattern is similar in…
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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…
EU Digital Services Act: Industry and government interests prevail over citizens’ digital rights (April 26, 2022)
After 16 hours of discussion, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU governments have made deal on a new EU Digital Services Act…
Pirate MEPs send open letter to Boris Johnson, fear Assange could die in the US (April 22, 2022)
Brussels, 22/04/2022 – The Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament penned an open letter to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, calling…
Right to Repair must bring more rights for consumers, say Pirates (April 7, 2022)
Strasbourg – 07/04/2022 – Today, MEPs vote in plenary on a resolution for the “right to repair”, which was presented and adopted by…
AI Act: MEP Kolaja calls for prohibition of emotion recognition systems (March 31, 2022)
31/03/2022 – Pirate Party MEP Marcel Kolaja, the CULT Committee opinion rapporteur on the Artificial Intelligence Act, tabled amendments suggesting a ban on…
DMA: European Pirates celebrate success with interoperability requirements in final trilogue results (March 25, 2022)
Brussels, 25/03/2022 – The Pirates in the European Parliament welcome the final trilogue outcome of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that was negotiated…
Russian regime is abusing facial recognition systems to detect protesters (March 16, 2022)
Brussels, 15/03/2022 – Russian authorities abuse facial recognition systems to identify and persecute participants of anti-war demonstrations. Even before, as Amnesty International reported,…
Marcel Kolaja: The AI Act from the CULT perspective (January 29, 2022)
As an opinion rapporteur for the Artificial Intelligence Act in the Committee for Culture and Education (CULT), I will present a proposal for…
Data Protection Day: Pirate MEPs warn against chat control (January 28, 2022)
Brussels, 28/01/2022 – On the occasion of European Data Protection Day, EU lawmakers are addressing the European Commission. In a cross-party letter[1] initiated…