High Hopes for the German Pirates on Sunday’s Election September 21, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election Sunday September 22, 2013 sees the federal elections for the German Pirate Party. Pirate Times sat down with candidate MP Felicitas Steinhoff to discuss these last few days before the election. “Two thirds of the  voters are still undecided, so it depends on how many people we can  mobilize till Sunday”, noted Felicitas. Everything is unpredictable until the closure of the polls and the counting of the votes. Felicitas described to Pirate Times how it felt to face her fellow citizens at the  forefront of an election campaign representing one of the biggest Pirate …

France parliamentary elections: Low turnout may be good for French Pirate candidates May 26, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election Are you a French citizen voting for 1st and 8th District outside France? Well if you are voting for the pirates there is a chance to give your support in the elections to candidates interested in more than getting a warm seat in the Assemblée Nationale. Due to the cancellation of 2 MP seats in the French Parliament by the Constitutional Council of France, in the 1st District (Canada and the USA) and in the 8th District (Italy, Malta, Vatican, San Marino, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel), French outside …

Euroscepticism Won The Elections In Croatia April 26, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election After Interviewing Maša Utković, PPHR’s (Pirate Party of Croatia) leader and head of “List 22” – the euroballot of the party, you can easily realize that the winner in Croatia’s recent, first ever euroelections was euroscepticism. The clear indifference and lack of participation shown by voters, only 20,84% turnout, confirmed citizens low interest for the European Union. Regarding PPHR, it garnered 1.13%, in its first electoral battle and ranked in 12th position with 8,345 votes. The best is yet to come for Pirates of Croatia who gain much needed experience, being assisted by fellow …

Stunning Rise of Electoral Influence for Pirates de Catalunya November 27, 2012 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election A very good campaign that attracted the attention of people, which can be seen in their elections results as well as the greatly increased followers in social media, gave Pirates de Catalunya a rise to their electoral influence. In the early elections for local parliament held on Sunday, November 25, they got more than double of their previous percentage, 0,21% in 2010 increased to 0,49% in this election.  This increase also meant that they nearly tripled the number of votes obtained, from 6.451 to 17.942.  This result was achieved with the …

Sunday Elections Look Promising for Piraten Basel October 27, 2012 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Election Last year’s national elections, they took 1.92%, the best result until now for the Pirates in Switzerland. The local party in the town of Basel are now confident that the votes will reach the needed 4%. The excitement among the Pirates in Basel is contagious, spreading quicker than the flu. The election campaign brims full of passion and optimism for the results. All the nine candidates need is their 4%, and one of the hundred Council positions will be theirs. Piraten Basel’s platform, to create and implement a free Wi-Fi network infrastructure for …