Police data sharing: “Prüm II” lacks safeguards
Strasbourg, 08/02/2024 – Today, MEPs approved the trilogue outcome of the regulation for automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”). Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament...
View ArticlePirates don’t support flawed AI Act
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 trilogue results of the law in a joint...
View ArticlePirates: Cannabis reform now needed at EU level
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 possession of up to 50 grams in private spaces and up...
View ArticleFree Assange debate in European Parliament: Pirates to emphasize Freedom of...
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 journalist Julian Assange, which is expected to result...
View ArticleeIDAS: Pirates don’t support blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online
The EU Parliament today approved a new EU regulation on digital identity (eIDAS 2) against the votes of the Pirates and their group: According to the law, a new digital identity app will enable EU...
View ArticlePirates against EU cash cap and ban on anonymous crypto payments
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 in commercial transactions. Cash...
View ArticlePirates ask EU Commission to look into killing of video games
Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer has asked the European Commission for an opinion on the decision by French computer game manufacturer Ubisoft to make the popular computer game “The Crew 1” unusable...
View ArticlePirates call for a halt to plans for the EU health data space
The lead committees of the European Parliament, LIBE and ENVI, are to give their final nod to the regulation on the creation of a “European Health Data Space” (EHDS) tomorrow. According to this...
View Article#ChatControl 1.0: Pirates condemn extension by Parliament
Brussels, 10/04/2024 – Today, the European Parliament adopted the trilogue deal on the extension of the controversial, error-prone voluntary bulk scanning of private messages and photos for suspected...
View Article#ChatControl: EU ministers want to exempt themselves
According to the latest draft text of the controversial EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation proposal leaked by the French news organization Contexte, which the EU member states discussed, the EU interior...
View ArticlePirate MEP Gregorova: Strong aid to Ukraine must continue
Strasbourg, 17 July 2024 – The European Union should continue to support Ukraine attacked by Russia, adopted the European Parliament today. The very first resolution of the new European Parliament also...
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