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…
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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…
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…
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…
Showdown on DSA: Pirates demand protection of fundamental digital rights against censorship and espionage (April 21, 2022)
On Friday, representatives of the EU Parliament, Commission and Council will meet for what is expected to be the last round of negotiations…
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…
Crypto: Pirates strongly oppose EU Parliament’s attack on anonymous payments (March 31, 2022)
31/03/2022 – Two committees of the European Parliament today approved a shared report on the regulation of cryptocurrencies. Pirate Party MEPs strongly oppose…
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…
Chat control: Leaked Commission paper EU mass surveillance plans (March 24, 2022)
(Disclaimer: This text was uploaded on 24 March and updated on 30 March) A newly-revealed Opinion of a European Commission review board about their…
