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Beginning today, PPCZ is anchored in Czech political system! | PirateTimes

Czech Pirates Treble Vote and Gain Significant Funding in 2013 Elections November 1, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czech Pirate Party is thanking voters who helped them to treble their vote from 42,323 votes, since the last elections in 2010, to 132,417 votes (2.66% of the total vote). They managed this on a budget of 250,00 Czech Koruna ( 9,700 Euro). Now the Pirates  will  get 13,241,700 CZK  ( 514,000 Euro)  from the state. With this support they will be able to continue to fight against copyright monopolies and surveillance and work towards direct democracy in the country. They got more votes than the party connected to President Zeman and …

Local By-election in the UK. Pirate Candidate Gets 4.5% | PirateTimes

Local By-election in the UK. Pirate Candidate Gets 4.5% October 14, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election In the UK, a Manchester City council seat was vacated when Jim Battle resigned his job to take the job of Deputy Police Commissioner. This forced a by-election that took place Thursday 10 October 2013. The Pirate leader, Loz Kaye, was competing for the single seat against several more established parties. The election was in a small local region called Ancoats & Clayton. Because the election was a local by-election to fill the missing seat, participation of the people was low as well, with 1764 voters (13.5% of possible voters) …

Cécile Dupont | | PirateTimes

German Pirate Party Receive 2.2 % in Elections, No Seats in Parliament September 23, 2013 · by Cécile Dupont · in Election The first results of the German federal election were revealed on Sunday 22 September, 2013. The German Pirate Party received about 2.2 % of the votes, 0.2 percentage points more than in the last federal elections of 2009. This was a good result but unfortunately not enough for them… About Cécile Dupont     News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

High Hopes for the German Pirates on Sunday’s Election | PirateTimes

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 …

Amidst Prism & Tempora Scandal, German Pirates Get Back | PirateTimes

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election A rough year for Germany’s Pirate Party After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public “shitstorms” on twitter and through other media. Both of these factors have resulted from  last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to  PPDE’s collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between …

Felicitas Steinhoff | | PirateTimes

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public „shitstorms“ on twitter and other media. Both of these factors have resulted last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between 2-4%. About Felicitas Steinhoff I recently …

France parliamentary elections: Low turnout may be good for French Pirate candidates | PirateTimes

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 …

Iceland Report #4 : History Made by a Hair’s Breadth | PirateTimes

Iceland Report #4 : History Made by a Hair’s Breadth April 28, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election History made On Saturday 27 April 2013 Pirate history was made and three members of a national Pirate Party were elected to be representatives in their national parliament. Iceland is the first country to have Pirates having a say in the running of their country. It was a nail biting finish as the voting results changed through the night and the Icelandic Pirates swung from initial ecstasy to despair and disbelief and then to consternation as the numbers we being reported differently by the two main news outlets MBL and RÚV. …

Iceland Report #3 ; Final Campaigning for a Better Iceland | PirateTimes

Iceland Report #3 ; Final Campaigning for a Better Iceland April 27, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election Election Day Today, 27 April 2013, is the big day. If events go as expected then, for the first time in the short seven year history of the Pirate Movement, Pirates will be elected as representatives to a national parliament – Iceland’s. The weather today is overcast and raining with an expected highest temperature of 8° C. Hopefully this will not deter the young Pirate demographic from going out to vote. Final Campaigning Actions and a Visit to an Icelandic Banana Plantation Smári on radio CC BY-SA Pirate Times The last …

Euroscepticism Won The Elections In Croatia | PirateTimes

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 …

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