Pirates call for a halt to plans for the EU health data space (April 8, 2024)
The lead committees of the European Parliament, LIBE and ENVI, are to give their final nod to the regulation on the creation of…
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Pirates ask EU Commission to look into killing of video games (April 8, 2024)
Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer has asked the European Commission for an opinion on the decision by French computer game manufacturer Ubisoft to…
Pirates against EU cash cap and ban on anonymous crypto payments (March 19, 2024)
The majority of the EU Parliament’s lead committees today approved far-reaching new anti-money laundering laws: Anonymous cash payments over €3,000 will be banned…
eIDAS: Pirates don’t support blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online (February 29, 2024)
The EU Parliament today approved a new EU regulation on digital identity (eIDAS 2) against the votes of the Pirates and their group:…
Free Assange debate in European Parliament: Pirates to emphasize Freedom of Press (February 28, 2024)
Strasbourg, 28/02/2024 – Tonight at 9:30 p.m., on the initiative of the Pirate Party, the European Parliament will discuss the case of imprisoned…
Pirates: Cannabis reform now needed at EU level (February 23, 2024)
Brussels/Berlin, 23/02/2024 – Today, the German Bundestag is expected to adopt the law on the controlled use of cannabis. Among other things, the…
Pirates don’t support flawed AI Act (February 13, 2024)
Brussels, 13/02/2024 – Today, the European Parliament’s lead committees on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the IMCO and LIBE committees, approved the…
Police data sharing: “Prüm II” lacks safeguards (February 8, 2024)
Strasbourg, 08/02/2024 – Today, MEPs approved the trilogue outcome of the regulation for automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”). Pirate Party…
PPEU nominates Marcel Kolaja and Anja Hirschel as Spitzenkandidaten for 2024 EU Elections (January 27, 2024)
Luxembourg, 27/01/2024 – Today at the general assembly in Luxembourg, the European Pirate Party (PPEU) officially nominated Marcel Kolaja (Czech Pirate Party) and…
#ChatControl: Network suggests undermining encryption for other purposes (January 25, 2024)
„Follow the money“ has published lobby documents produced by surveillance-tech provider Thorn, some of which the EU Commission had tried to hide from…