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As expected, the German Constitutional Court largely upheld the plan by Chancellor Merkel to have a permanent bailout fund (funded largely by Germany whose people have not approved this in any sort of referendum) to step in any future Greece situations. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe dismissed motions that sought to block the European [...]

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That is how many voters in Greece voted for the Greek Pirate Party, according to a report from Rick Falkvinge: The Greek Pirate Party, Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας, was founded on January 14 this year. To get 32,487 votes less than four months later – just over half a percent of the Greek votes – is [...]

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Led by Joachim PAUL, the Pirate Party, the somewhat libertarian German Pirate Party won 7.6% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s California! The Pirates were dancing in the streets in a graffiti-smeared neighborhood near the central station as hundreds of the party’s young, laptop-toting followers crowded into a local disco called Zakk to dance [...]

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This report has exit polling showing that the German Pirate Party won 7.5% of the vote in the largest state of Germany, North Rhine Westphalia! Unlike the City State of Berlin, and small states like the Saarland and Schweizig-Holstein, this is a major win for the new liberty party in Germany. The reporter here has [...]

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While the Greek Pirate Party only garnered about one half of one percent in the recent election, its counterpart in Germany is rolling right along, having won seats in a third state parliament:  The northern state of Schleswig-Holstein: Voters in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein have chosen a new parliament. The Pirate Party has [...]

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The Pirate Party International, meeting in Prague this weekend, voted to have a EU-wide slate of candidates for the European Parliament in the next elections in 2014! Prague – Representatives of the European Pirate Parties agreed at a conference in Prague today to prepare a joint platform and campaign for the elections to the European [...]

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