Corruption and fraud on the rise in the EU: the Covid-19 crisis added fuel on the fire (November 14, 2020)
In the fall, the European Union published two major reports offering a comprehensive overview of the state of play in corruption and fraud…
News
EU long-term budget negotiations: The Pirates managed to push through a number of Pirate priorities (November 13, 2020)
Brussels, 12/11/2020 – Negotiations regarding the EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021–2027 have been closed and we are now entering the final stage. While…
Pirates call for clear rejection plans to break secure online encryption by EU governments. HELP US AND CONTACT YOUR GOVERNMENTS! (November 11, 2020)
Brussels, 11/11/2020 – On Monday the Austrian National Service Broadcaster (ORF) published a secret draft of a planned Council resolution seeking to undermine encryption.…
The Slovak mafia funded from European subsidies: Still no oversight mechanisms in sight (November 4, 2020)
Slovakia is currently investigating the biggest corruption scandal in its modern history. When I wrote the first article about the scandal in July,…
The EU confirms: rule of law deteriorating in the V4 (October 30, 2020)
MIKULÁŠ PEKSA: In the end of September, the European Commission presented the first report evaluating the rule of law situation in all of…
Pirates: We demand the protection of landscape, climate, and biodiversity as well as animal welfare in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (October 20, 2020)
Brussels, 20 October 2020 – This week, the European Parliament is voting on a reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, which accounts for…
We must find a compromise. Pirates in the European Parliament strongly against hard Brexit (October 14, 2020)
Brussel, 14th of October 2020 – The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union at the beginning of this year. Both sides are…
The rule of law is failing in Bulgaria – and the issue affects us all (October 10, 2020)
Mikuláš Peksa: Today’s resolution by the European Parliament criticises the Bulgarian government’s failure to combat widespread corruption and organized crime and deal with…
The European Parliament set a new ambitious goal: 2030 target for an emissions reduction of 60 % compared to 1990 (October 9, 2020)
The European Parliament today adopted the crucial Climate Law. The goal is finally ambitious as well as feasible – to achieve net zero greenhouse gas…
Zhenhua Data Leak: China’s efforts to rule the global digital world (October 4, 2020)
Huge volumes of data get analysed and tracked on the Internet every day; that is the reality of our times. Every social media…