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Creator General Assembly News Patrick Schiffer

The Belgian Pirate Party between Sadness and Happiness | PirateTimes

The Belgian Pirate Party between Sadness and Happiness April 20, 2013 · by Patrick Schiffer · in General Assembly The week before the general assembly, on the 23 – 24 March 2013, a sad event deeply impacted lives and thoughts of the Belgian Pirates. It was revealed, during the week that the co-founder of the Belgian Pirate Party, co-founder of Pirate Parties International as well as a very popular friend of Pirates worldwide, Jurgen Rateau, lost his life far too early at the age of 42. Too young to die. “Jurgen has brought his time, energy and all his intellectual force to the Pirate project. He co-founded the Belgian Pirate Party …

Creator Interview Matic Urbanija News

Sašo Miklič: We have a Democratic Deficit | PirateTimes

Sašo Miklič: We have a Democratic Deficit April 18, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Interview From November 2012 on there have been a series of protests against corruption in Slovenia. On a webpage of the major newspaper Delo a special section called “Revolt” was established and alternatives (Revolt in alternative) where common people could publish their ideas and deliberations about current political and economic problems. While protesting on the streets, some protesters demanded, among other things, direct democracy. Sašo Miklič, coordinator for implementation of direct democracy in the Pirate Party of Slovenia (PP-SI), decided to explain to a broader public the basics of (electronic) direct democracy. He wrote two articles …

Creator Election Iceland Josef Ohlsson Collentine News Pirate Parties

Pirate Party Iceland Polling at 7.8% with 17 Days Left Until Elections | PirateTimes

Pirate Party Iceland Polling at 7.8% with 17 Days Left Until Elections April 10, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election With only 17 days left until their elections the Pirate Party of Iceland has reached 7.8% in their latest polling by MMR. The polling was done on 906 subjects aged 18-67 years during 5-8th of April. Having the voters of +67 years excluded from this polling means that the result needs to be adjusted slightly down-wards but we still see a big increase from the last prediction of 3.9% from the 21st of February. “The future is in the hands of people who understand the Internet, and the …

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2013 March | PirateTimes

P-review March 18 – 24 2013 March 25, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that passed the Pirate Times by in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead. PPEU: The Zagreb Summit March 22, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Conference During the weekend of the 16 and 17 March 2013 the Pirate Party of Croatia (PP-HR) hosted a European Pirate conference. This is part of a process started on 15 April 2012 during the Pirate Parties International (PPI) annual General Assembly. The goal is to have a common election program …

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2013 March | PirateTimes – Part 2

The Swedish Pirates say no to the EUDemocrats March 9, 2013 · by Loïc · in Pirate Party News During the latest PP-EU conference, held in Paris, the Swedish PiratPartiet delegate Mattias Bjärnemalm explained the state of the negotiations between PP-SE and the Eurosceptic EUDemocrats (EUD – Alliance for a Europe of Democracies) and invited the other Pirate Parties to address their concerns regarding this issue. Collaboration between the Galician Pirates and “Graba tu Pleno” March 7, 2013 · by Fabián Plaza Miranda · in Pirate Party News The Galician Pirates have recently started a collaboration project with the Spanish NGO “Graba tu Pleno” (“Record your Plenary”). In short, the …

Conference Creator Koen De Voegt News Pirate Parties

PPEU | PirateTimes – Part 3

PPEU: The Zagreb Summit March 22, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Conference During the weekend of the 16 and 17 March 2013 the Pirate Party of Croatia (PP-HR) hosted a European Pirate conference. This is part of a process started on 15 April 2012 during the Pirate Parties International (PPI) annual General Assembly. The goal is to have a common election program and to coordinate cooperation between the different national Pirate Parties and their MEPs. The Swedish Pirates say no to the EUDemocrats March 9, 2013 · by Loïc · in Pirate Party News During the latest PP-EU conference, held in Paris, the Swedish PiratPartiet delegate Mattias …

Conference Creator Koen De Voegt News Pirate Parties

PPEU: The Zagreb Summit | PirateTimes

PPEU: The Zagreb Summit March 22, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Conference During the weekend of the 16 and 17  March 2013 the Pirate Party of Croatia (PP-HR) hosted a European Pirate conference. This is part of a process started on  15 April  2012 during the Pirate Parties International (PPI) annual General Assembly. The goal is to have a common election program and to coordinate cooperation between the different national Pirate Parties and their MEPs. This joined ambition was formulated in the “Prague Declaration“.  Previous meetings where held in Potsdam (July), Barcelona (September), Rome (November), Manchester (December) and Paris (February). The next one will be held in Kiev in May. The  …

Creator News Zbigniew Łukasiak

Polish Pirate Party started accepting membership requests | PirateTimes

Polish Pirate Party started accepting membership requests March 21, 2013 · by Zbigniew Łukasiak · in Pirate Party News On Monday 18 of March 2013  the Polish Pirate Party (PP-PL) started accepting membership requests. This is another step in creating a new politics in Poland  a reality. Pirate Parties around the world are showing that you can make  politics in a different way and empower people. “We are back for good on the Polish political scene to fight for Pirate ideas – free knowledge, right for privacy and confidentiality of correspondence, free and culture heritage and transparency of governmental decisions. We will do everything to be sure that our party will become the first one, to not just fight for power, but more to change social reality.” Błażej Kaczorowski, the …

Anton Nordenfur News Pirate Topic

Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties | PirateTimes

Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties March 15, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic While dozens of Pirate Parties throughout the world agree on the most fundamental positions concerning copyright reform, patents, surveillance and government transparency, many parties have started broadening into other areas. These topics are sometimes more obvious extensions to the existing politics – open access, IT use in government, et cetera – but sometimes cover more controversial issues, often unique for each nation or region, and outlandish in the view of another party. Some of these “controversial issues” include drug regulation, education, health care, defense, environment, traditional left-right taxes and several other areas. Some …

Creator News Paul Wardenga

EuWiKon 2.0 – German Pirates push forward positions on Europe and the economy | PirateTimes

EuWiKon 2.0 – German Pirates push forward positions on Europe and the economy March 13, 2013 · by Paul Wardenga · in Pirate Party News Last weekend, 9-10 March 2013, about 80 Pirates of the German Pirate Party met in Frankfurt, Hesse to do a follow-up on last year’s successful conference on European and Economic Policy (or “EuWiKon”, as the German acronym goes). Just like last time, the event was organised by Pirates from the party’s working groups (WG) Economics, Europe and Monetary System. WG Europe concentrated on refining proposed passages of text for the Party’s federal election platform. The WG’s coordinator Gilles Bordelais stressed how most of what people …

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