Category: Press releases
EU Digital Services Act: Industry and government interests prevail over citizens’ digital rights
After 16 hours of discussion, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU governments have just made deal on a new EU Digital Services Act. Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer sat at …
Showdown on DSA: Pirates demand protection of fundamental digital rights against censorship and espionage
On Friday, representatives of the EU Parliament, Commission and Council will meet for what is expected to be the last round of negotiations on the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). After …
Comeback of data retention? Former EU judge dismisses Commission’s plans
On 8 April 2014 the European Court of Justice annulled the EU Data Retention Directive which required the bulk collection of any citizens call detail records and location. 8 years later …
Right to Repair must bring more rights for consumers, say Pirates
Today, MEPs vote in plenary on a resolution for the “right to repair”, which was presented and adopted by the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) …
Patrick Breyer: „Data retention is dead. Stop trying to resurrect it!”
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today in Luxembourg that general and indiscriminate data retention is inadmissible even for the purpose of combating serious crimes. MEP …
Digital cash: EU Parliament attacks anonymous payments in cryptocurrencies
Two committees of the European Parliament today approved a shared report on the regulation of cryptocurrencies. Pirate Party MEPs strongly oppose the text, since it would effectively prohibit anonymous payments and …
DMA: European Pirates celebrate success with interoperability requirements in final trilogue results
The Pirates in the European Parliament welcome the final trilogue outcome of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that was negotiated yesterday. Representatives of the EU Parliament, the Council and the Commission …
Chat control: Leaked Commission paper EU mass surveillance plans
A newly-revealed Opinion of a European Commission review board about their own colleagues’ upcoming proposal for a ‘Legislation to effectively tackle child sexual abuse’ shows strong concerns …
Mass surveillance and attack on encryption: Civil society protests against EU chat control plans
