This document is a working paper of the Foreign and Security Policy Working Group of the Pirate Party Germany. Unless otherwise indicated, it does not represent an official position or statement of the Pirate Party. 1. Presentation of The Status Quo On January 8, 2020, the Ukrainian passenger plane en route from Tehran to Kiev was shot down by the Iranian […]
By Alex Kohler, Pirate Party Germany Germany’s goal in its foreign and security policy should primarily be to promote cooperation in this area in Europe and to pursue common European security interests. This also means showing consideration for its EU partners. The SPD and the SPD-led Foreign Ministry in particular propagate a common European foreign policy, but the exact opposite is being done here. As […]
What is at stake? For a little over two weeks, there have been increasing reports of Russian troops deploying along the borders with Ukraine, the so-called “people’s republics” of the “separatists” in eastern Ukraine and in Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow. Videos on social media show deployments of battle tanks, armoured artillery, and engineer tanks on platoons and columns of infantry fighting vehicles, troop […]
We are delighted to share that this weekend marks 11 years since the founding of Pirate Parties International! A little bit about the history: After the founding of Piratpartiet in Sweden on January 1, 2006, other pirate parties emerged throughout Europe, and later worldwide. In the same year, a loose network of these parties was formed. In June 2007, representatives of the pirate parties of […]
Guest contribution of the Working Group on Foreign and Security Policy in the Pirate Party Germany USA/Middle East – B-52 Bombers in the Gulf 01/01/2021 – The U.S. is deploying B-52 bombers to the Gulf region to send a signal of strength toward Iran. On the anniversary of General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by the U.S. in a drone strike, threats of retaliation emerged from various […]
Chairs of both parties; from left Vít Rakušan (STAN) and Ivan Bartoš (Pirates) The Czech Pirates approved the coalition agreement with the STAN movement. They are going to the 2021 parliamentary elections together! Prague, January 12, 2021 – The Czech Pirates just approved a coalition agreement with the “Mayors and Independents” movement (STAN) in a final vote. They confirmed that they are going together to […]
Peshmerga have never sold weapons from the Bundeswehr by Enno Lenze It is irresponsible, unscrupulous journalism to claim that an army fighting on the front lines against Islamic State terrorists is illegally selling German weapons at a bazaar. This calls into question the continued supply, in this case, of weapons that are actually essential for survival. The NDR, the WDR, the Tagesthemen and the Deutsche […]
by Enno Lenze, guest author. In the dark of the night, the plane touches down in thick fog next to attack helicopters, spy planes and under the vigilant eyes of the intelligence services. Even before the doors are open, vehicles come across the runway towards the plane, people jump out nervously and shout around. Heavily armed special forces are standing in the terminal, their darkened-window […]
The PPI General Assembly was held on December 5th and 6th, 2020 online. It started quite on time and this time without any problems with the quorum. The number increased to over 60 participants on Mumble, YouTube and @PiratesOnAir. Very pleasing. The reports were all received without much debate. In addition to the Pirate Party of Venezuela being accepted as a regular member, Pirati.io was […]
Freedom To Share needs one million signatures! They will start collecting them on November 15th. @darccio from @partit_pirata shares this link where you can go to contribute. The Freedom To Share initiative needs one million signatures calling for protecting the right to share files for personal use and non-profits. They call for the adoption of a legislative act providing for a waiver of copyright, related […]
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