Julia Reda

Before making laws on complex matters, the European Commission may ask the public for input. Most such consultations get anywhere from dozens to a few hundred replies. They come mostly from the kinds of people who get paid for filling out forms: lobbyists, industry representatives, national governments, etc. But this time was different.

Late last […]

This election is different

The election on July 15 was about whether Jean-Claude Juncker gets the chance to form the next Commission. That I granted him this mandate does not mean that I will also vote for the Commission he is now putting together. In order for that to happen, the members of the Commission […]

Today, I was elected to the bureau of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. As vice-chair, I will support the integration of independent MEPs from new parties in the group work.

The strengthening of nationalistic and anti-European parties makes it more important than ever that the progressive forces in the European Parliament collaborate closely […]

After receiving a lot of helpful feedback from the international Pirate community, I have today decided to form a group with Greens/EFA in the European Parliament. I am happy to be continuing the successful work of our Swedish Pirate MEPs Amelia Andersdotter and Christian Engström in the Greens/EFA group. The Pirates’ work in the group […]

Today I am starting my podcast Reda’s Digest! Episode 0 deals with the ongoing negotiations on my group membership. Have fun listening!

In episode 0 of Reda’s Digest, I introduce myself as elected representative of the Pirate Party in the European Parliament and give an update on the ongoing negotiations over my group membership in the European Parliament.

Reda’s Digest is a bilingual podcast. It starts out with the German version, the English version starts at the […]

Peter @brokep Sunde, co-founder of the filesharing site The Pirate Bay and European Pirate Party candidate for the EU Commission Presidency, was arrested in Sweden on Saturday evening. Interpol has been searching for Sunde for “assisting in making copyright content available”.

Our Commission Presidency candidate Peter Sunde has my full support. By founding the Pirate […]

Thanks for your votes!

Thank you to all Pirates who have participated in this European election campaign and congratulations to all the Pirate Parties who have achieved amazing results (e.g. 4.8 percent in Czech Republic, 4.2 percent in Luxembourg), who have only failed to gain a seat because they come from small […]