In the wake of the recent European Parliament elections, the German Pirate Party has lost its representation in the legislative body. This outcome was

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16374600

Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.

  • NeonWoofGenesis@l.henlo.fiEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Here in Finland the Left Alliance increased votes by 10% while True Finns(hard right party) decreased support massively across the whole country. Only one true finn got voted in.

    So at least we got that going for us…

    • 0xtero@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      The Swedish Social Democratic party (supposedly staunchly left wing) are the ones behind Chat Control 2.0. So just voting for left is not a guarantee we actually get sane MPs in the parliament.