UN Human Rights Commissioner warns against chat control (September 19, 2022)
UN Human Rights Commissioner Türk advises against EU plans to search all private messages and photos without suspicion using error-prone algorithms (so-called “chat…
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Fit for 55: Pirates support package accelerating gas independence (September 14, 2022)
Strasbourg, 14/09/2022 –Today, the European Parliament approved ambitious versions of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED 2) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), both…
Pirates: European Convention must include majority voting in Council (September 14, 2022)
Strasbourg, 14/09/2022 – Today, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered her annual speech on the state of the European…
Pirate MEPs call for protection of mental health in digital space (July 5, 2022)
Strasbourg, 06/07/2022 – Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the protection of mental health in the digital workspace. Pirate Party MEPs…
Pirates celebrate wins in DMA, but industry interests prevail in DSA (July 5, 2022)
Strasbourg, 05/07/2022 – Today, the European Parliament approves the final versions of both the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act…
Event: European Pirates hosted DG MEME at the EU Parliament (June 22, 2022)
On 21 June 2022, the European Pirates hosted an evening on political communication with the legendary political influencer Fabio Mauri, admin of the…
AI Act: E-proctoring is a high-risk application, according to CULT Committee’s opinion (June 15, 2022)
15/06/2022 – The CULT Committee voted on the AI Act opinion this morning. MEPs agreed on an updated list of high-risk applications in…
Closer to a climate neutral EU: Pirates support Fit for 55 package (June 8, 2022)
Update: Pirate Party MEPs and the Greens/EFA Group along with a progressive majority have successfully voted down a considerably weakened position on the…
Media freedom in danger? The Visegrád Group as Achilles’ heel of Europe (May 31, 2022)
The latest survey shows that more than half of Czech citizens think that media freedom is in danger. This pattern is similar in…
DMA close to approval: Solo ride of tech giants coming to an end (May 16, 2022)
Brussels, 16/05/2022 – Today, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) approved the final wording of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Pirate…