Copyright in the digital single market and data protection (June 12, 2020)
A letter from Pirate MEP Marcel Kolaja, Vice-President of the European Parliament, and its signatories (including all Pirate MEPs) to the Commissioner Thierry…
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Internal documents: Terrorist content online on the decline, but governments want upload filters (June 12, 2020)
Patrick Breyer: The amount of terrorist content online is decreasing but EU governments are still calling for upload filters, reveal internal documents released by the…
NGOs in Hungary warn the transitional bill is an “optical illusion” (June 12, 2020)
MIKULÁŠ PEKSA: Last March, when Orbán put in place the state of emergency, as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak, I already expressed grave…
Mikuláš Peksa: Most of Europe wants the European Parliament to have a single seat Brussel (June 2, 2020)
3rd June 2020 – In recent days, Pirate Party MEP Mikuláš Peksa has sent a letter calling for the European Parliament to establish…
Pirates: The “Next Generation EU” plan is going in the right direction, could be better in certain details (May 29, 2020)
Brussels, 27/5/2020 – Yesterday, the European Commission unveiled the Next Generation EU Plan in order to get the situation back under control as…
How can the EU Parliament be more transparent and spend less money? (May 29, 2020)
Pirates in the European Parliament managed to gather a majority to support strong calls on the Parliament to be a more transparent and…
Call for time limit to emergency laws (May 27, 2020)
In the last few week, with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, some political leaders in Europe have taken advantage of anunprecedented health situation…
China’s proposal for imposing new national security laws on Hong Kong (May 25, 2020)
Brussels, 25/5/2020 – In reaction to China’s plans to push through sweeping national security laws for Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have called for…
Parliament’s voice in shaping the future Internet regulation (May 20, 2020)
Pirate MEP Marcel Kolaja: The Digital Services Act is expected to be one of the most important pieces of legislation in this parliamentary…
Scientist Matthijs Pontier: “Have more confidence in society” (May 19, 2020)
Tracing apps, emergency ordinances, more police on the streets to enforce the rules. Tackling the Corona crisis has a major impact on daily…