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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Pirate Party MEPs on the CJEU upload filter opinion: Freedom of expression shall prevail over profits! (July 15, 2021)
In reaction to the Advocate General’s opinion on the compatibility of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive with fundamental rights published today [1],…
Thanks to MEP Kolaja, remote voting in committees will be transparent (July 9, 2021)
Strasbourg, 07/07/2021 – Pirate Vice-President of the European Parliament Marcel Kolaja gained support for automatic roll-call votes held remotely in Committees. The Conference…
#Chatcontrol: EU Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications (July 6, 2021)
Brussels, 06/07/2021 – Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal…
Pirates hail Parliament’s call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents (June 10, 2021)
Brussels, 10/06/2021 – The European Pirates Delegation in the Greens/EFA group supported a TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccine patents in yesterday’s vote. The…
Pirates: EU’s Cybersecurity strategy is important but insufficient and overdue (June 9, 2021)
Brussels, 09/06/2021 – Today, the European Parliament will approve a resolution on the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade. [1 ] While…
EU Parliament approves privacy-friendly deal on COVID Certificates (June 9, 2021)
Brussels, 09/06/2021 – With a broad majority in the final vote, the European Parliament ratified the regulation on COVID-19 travel certificates, aiming at…
Pirates: European Commission fails to protect fundamental rights in Article 17 Guidance (June 4, 2021)
Brussels, 04/06/2021 – Three days ahead of the implementation deadline, the European Commission published its guidance on the application of Article 17 of…
Now the Digital Markets Act is here, could this be what tames big tech? (May 25, 2021)
New legislation could finally level the playing field and give users back some of the power lost to gatekeepers over the years through…
Pirates: Deal on COVID certificate guarantees privacy (May 21, 2021)
Brussels, 21/05/2021 – After weeks of negotiations, the EU Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on COVID-19 travel certificates, aiming at restoring…