Trainee in the European Parliament (May 17, 2021)
Mikuláš Peksa, Pirate Member of the European Parliament is looking for a trainee based in Brussels. His/her work would include: – assisting with…
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Digital Covid Certificate: Parliament wants discrimination and privacy concerns addressed (April 30, 2021)
Brussels, 29/04/2021 – The European Parliament finalised its official position on the „EU Covid-19 Certificate”, which aims at ensuring freedom of movement within…
Mandatory Transparency Register for lobbying in EU institutions doesn’t live up to its name (April 29, 2021)
Brussels, 28/04/2021 – Yesterday evening, the European Parliament endorsed an Interinstitutional Agreement for a Mandatory Transparency Register, aiming at implementing stricter rules for…
Pirates: Commission’s AI proposal opens door for biometric mass surveillance (April 22, 2021)
Brussels, 21/04/2021 – Today, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).[1] While the Pirate…
WANTED: Copywriter and researcher (April 21, 2021)
Mikuláš Peksa, Pirate Member of the European Parliament, is looking for a contractor to help with research and copywriting for a project on…
Open letter: 39 MEPs join Pirate call to ban mass surveillance (April 19, 2021)
In a cross-party letter, 39 Members of the European Parliament co-signed Pirate MEP Patrick Breyer’s call on the European Commission to revise the…
European technology will not serve dictators, decided the European Parliament (April 6, 2021)
Brussels, 26 March 2021 – Authoritarian regimes will no longer be able to use modern European technologies to oppress their citizens. The European…
Digital vaccination passport: Pirates see room for improvement (March 18, 2021)
Brussels, 17/03/2021– The Pirates Delegation in the European Parliament only partially approves the Commission’s legislative proposal for the “Digital Green Certificate”. While there…
EU ministers want EU-wide data retention. Breyer: Never again surveillance state! (March 16, 2021)
Brussels, 12/03/2021 – The great majority of EU justice ministers yesterday once again called a new Europe-wide collection of traffic and location data…
World Day against Cyber Censorship: Don‘t let machines decide on our knowledge and thinking! (March 16, 2021)
Brussels, 12/03/2021 – The Internet used to be considered a place of free expression, allowing for unhindered communication across national borders. Today, these…