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

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

  • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I was considering voting for the pirate party, but they polled at less than 5% in France and it was not a useful vote, which was evidently needed.

    • Etienne_Dahu@jlai.luEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I still voted for them, because I could.

      And I’m sick of the useful vote thing, I did it last time in 2022 against Le Pen and all I got was a lousy President.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Better a lousy president than a fascist, hell, boring politicians is what we should aim for!

        • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          5 months ago

          both macron and lepen are two corrupted fascists tricking you like a chicken into choosing a side and voting for them instead of “wasting your vote”