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The First PPEU Council Meeting: Moving Right Along
This past weekend the PPEU meeting took place in Brussels. This was the first ordinary Council Meeting (General Assembly) of the organization and the main topic was the election of the new board. The founding conference for the European Pirates…
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Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions]
Jerry Weyer points out that Pirates need to embrace their inner politician as they move from activism into politics. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate Visions’ from different prominent international pirates. We asked them to write as…
The Munich Security Conference: Security after Snowden (24-25 Jan)
Edward Snowden and his exposures is not discussed as much today as it was when revealed. However, the subject has not become any less important just because he’s not in the spotlight anymore. The Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place…
Pirate Party President Sven Clement on Trial
On Wednesday 24 September 2014, after having listened to two witnesses and giving a statement in a legal case against him, Sven Clement walked out of the courtroom feeling confident and amused. He had just plead guilty to intrusion of…
Want Some International Pirates at Your Next Event?
Pirate Parties are constantly organising different events – general assemblies, camps, conferences, campaigns and sometimes even parties. Having plenty of social interaction is essential to a fully functional political party, and something which gives events an extra-special touch is the presence of…
All Pirate Party Votes in the EU Election ~800.000 Votes
Throughout the 15 countries that had Pirate Parties participating in the EU elections there was a total of 840.446 votes for Pirate Parties. There was one MEP elected in Germany, Julia Reda, where they reached 1.45% In Czech Republic they…
Interview with Jerry Weyer, member of the PPLU
Following the collapse of the government of the tiny European country of Luxembourg, due to a spying scandal, early elections were called and took place on 20 October 2013. The Pirate Party of Luxembourg was hoping to get 2% of the vote, in their first ever election and were overjoyed to see their share of the vote reaching the 2.94% over all and 3.37% in the north of the country.
Election Hopes of Luxembourg Pirates Exceeded, Reaching 2.94%
The Pirate Party of Luxembourg were hoping to get 2% of the vote, in their first ever election and were overjoyed to see their share of the vote reaching the 2.94% over all and 3.37% in the north of the country. This was not enough to get a seat but the Pirate Party is now a serious force in the political scene.
National Elections in Luxembourg
On July, 10th the Luxembourg government fell apart because of a spying scandal. This meant there had to be elections held that were previously unplanned. These elections will take place next Sunday, October 20th. So parties were only given 3…
Luxembourgish government fell apart, re-elections in October
Yesterday the luxembourgish government fell apart. This means that Luxembourg will have elections in October. With the latest poll showing 3% for PPLU it’s looking very positive for them reaching over the 3.5% barrier. Their campaigning needs help and they are…
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