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The Pirate Party in Finland – Parliamentary Elections 2019

Bailey Lamon March 29, 2019 March 29, 2019

The Parliamentary Election in Finland will take place on Sunday, April.14th, 2019, and the Finnish Pirate Party is going in with a solid chance of getting at least one Pirate elected. With only a couple of weeks to go, here is a campaign update from Saga Nyrén, a first-time candidate in Helsinki. Thank you Saga! Follow Saga on Twitter: @Nyrenia, as well as the Pirate Party of Finland: @Piraattipuolue You can donate to PPFI’s election campaign here: piraattipuolue.fi/lahjoita On behalf of PPI, we wish the Pirate Party of Finland all the best during their upcoming elections! —————————————————————————————————————————— The Pirate Party of Finland celebrated it’s ten year anniversary last May. This …

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Call to Action: Support for Pirates During EU Elections!

Bailey Lamon March 27, 2019 March 27, 2019

Let’s make it happen! More pirates in the EU Parliament! From the 23rd to the 26th of May, all EU-countries will be having elections again to vote for the European Parliament. The recent copyright directive that has passed is just another confirmation of what we already know: We need pirates in the European Parliament! A local chapter of the Pirate Party of The Netherlands, the Piratenpartij Utrecht (PPU) has already started their own initiative: A social media campaign to support pirates online in their own country. So let’s make it happen! Join the PPU initiative below or start your own campaign! Quote: Message received from Maarten van der Pol, chair …

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PPI Official Statement: Supporting the Fight Against the EU Copyright Directive

Bailey Lamon March 20, 2019 February 18, 2020

For the last several weeks, activists all over the world have been mobilizing against the EU’s proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, and the threats it poses to internet freedom and civil liberties, specifically through Articles 11 and 13. This mobilization is working under a couple of different names, including ‘Save Your Internet’ and ‘Stop ACTA2’. Organizers come from all walks of life and many of them are Pirates, in some cases representing and working through their national parties, in other cases working independently or with other digital and human rights groups. Some are affiliated with Anonymous. Many are simply concerned citizens. Pirate Parties International …

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CEEP Signing in Luxembourg

KG February 16, 2019 February 21, 2019

On Saturday February 9 2019, Pirate representatives from over ten European countries met in Luxembourg to once again, after five years, sign the Common European Election Programme for the upcoming European Parliament election, which will take place this May. The Pirates are confident that we shall largely increase our representation from the current brilliant but only one MEP from Germany, Julia Reda. The most likely countries to send their Pirate representatives to the European Parliament after this election are Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Germany, while multiple other Pirate Parties across the Old Continent remain hopeful they might get in as well. The PPI expresses its undying support in this …