Västervik, Sweden – Ahead of her visit with Peter Sunde, the co-founder of the file sharing site The Pirate Bay currently imprisoned in Västervik Norra prison later today, MEP Julia Reda (Pirate Party of Germany) states:
“The tactic of draconian deterrence against file sharing has failed!”
“I am visiting Peter Sunde in prison today to […]
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Late last […]
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Julia Reda, member of the European Parliament (Pirate Party): “The European Commission’s […]
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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 […]
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more ›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 […]
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more ›Today I am starting my podcast Reda’s Digest! Episode 0 deals with the ongoing negotiations on my group membership. Have fun listening!
more ›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 […]
more ›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 […]
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