Pirates nominate whistleblower Julian Assange for the Nobel Peace Prize (January 31, 2022)
Brussels, 31/01/2022 – The Pirates in the European Parliament have submitted the nomination of Julian Assange for the Nobel Peace Prize to the…
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Marcel Kolaja: The AI Act from the CULT perspective (January 29, 2022)
As an opinion rapporteur for the Artificial Intelligence Act in the Committee for Culture and Education (CULT), I will present a proposal for…
Data Protection Day: Pirate MEPs warn against chat control (January 28, 2022)
Brussels, 28/01/2022 – On the occasion of European Data Protection Day, EU lawmakers are addressing the European Commission. In a cross-party letter[1] initiated…
The European Union must not ignore Kazakhstan (January 27, 2022)
Violence has cut off the protests in Kazakhstan. The president invited foreign troops and put thousands of the country’s population in the role…
The European Pirate Party has new leadership and observers (January 24, 2022)
Brussels, 24/01/2022 – The members of the European Pirate Party have elected new leadership on their 9th Council Meeting. Party Chairperson, MEP Mikuláš…
Digital Services Act: Decision in part strengthens, in part threatens privacy, safety and free speech online (January 20, 2022)
Strasbourg, 20/01/2022 – Today, the EU Parliament will formally adopt its position on the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Parliament approved language aimed…
Global Pirates elected new leadership for the coming two years (January 11, 2022)
January 11th 2022 – Pirate Parties International (PPI), the global umbrella organisation of Pirate Parties around the world, held its 16th General Assembly…
Chat control 2.0: the sequel nobody asked for (December 19, 2021)
In July 2021, the European Commission’s proposal to allow general and indiscriminate scanning of users’ private messages and photos (Chat control) was adopted by the European…
Let’s not compete with Lukashenko, who has the stomach to watch migrants suffer for longer (December 18, 2021)
By Markéta Gregorová, MEP The Czech Army’s help to Poland is in order. Let us not forget, however, what is happening on the…
How to restore competitiveness on digital markets? By mandating interoperability of services (December 18, 2021)
At the December plenary session, the European Parliament approved its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to…