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German Pirate Party Riding the Success
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German Pirate Party Riding the Wave of Success </b
This week the German Pirate Party reached an impressive milestone as it hit double digits in the polls for the national elections. With one in ten Germans embracing the ideas of the young party, the Pirates are on course to gain serious influence in one of the world's major political arenas.With the historic win in the Berlin state parliament elections just four weeks behind us, the German Pirate Party continues to gain momentum.Recent polls for the federal elections show that the Pirate Party is now polling double digits across the country. With 10 percent of the total vote, the Pirates would become the third largest party in the country if federal elections were being held this week.This means that the good run in Berlin, where nearly 9 percent of the people voted for The Pirate Party, hasn't gone unnoticed by the rest of the country. On the contrary, support for the Pirates only increased.Perhaps even more impressively, it also shows that the party nearly quintupled their voter base since the last federal elections two years ago. With 845,904 votes at the 2009 federal elections, the Pirate Party got stuck at 2 percent of the vote, where 5 percent was needed to enter the Bundestag."This is a landmark event," godfather and founder of Pirate Party movement Rick Falkvinge told TorrentFreak commenting on the news. "Getting to mainstream awareness takes metric tons of work. Getting to 10% in a poll is an achievement that only some five parties achieve per country in an entire century."Pirate Poll[img]http://www.torrentfreak.com/images/piraten.jpg[/img]In common with all other Pirate Parties across the world, the German Pirate Party's policy focuses around three pillars; shared culture, free knowledge, and fundamental privacy. Based on the recent election and poll results, these key points appeal to a wide audience.Although the results of the polls are promising, there is still a long way to go before new federal elections are held in Germany. The difficult task for the Pirates is to keep the momentum going. However, Rick Falkvinge thinks that this week's poll results are a clear sign that they are on course."This isn't an election result, but it is still something that starts to shift policy making away from neomercantilistic monopolies and toward the free exchange of TICKS (tools, ideas, culture, knowledge, and sentiments) that build the next generation of industries. That's good for every country and for the youth in particular."Despite being just five years young, the German Pirate Party has already booked several successes. The party currently has more than 150 members in elected offices across Germany and with their recent surge in popularity this appears to be just the beginning.P-)

Partito Pirata sogna il boom
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Partito Pirata sogna il boom </b
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Pirate Party Enters Berlin Parliament
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Pirate Party Enters Berlin Parliament After Historic Election Win </b
For the first time in history a Pirate Party has managed to enter a state parliament. With an estimated 9 % of the total vote the Pirate Party exceeded the 5 % floor needed to enter the Berlin parliament with several seats. For the international Pirate Party movement this is the second major success after the European elections of 2009.The German Pirate Party has scored a massive win in the elections for the Berlin state parliament today. Two hours after the voting booths closed the first results show the Pirates achieving 9 % of the counted votes. This translates into 15 parliament seats.Founded in September 2006, the German Pirate Party has already booked several successes in its relatively short existence. Before today, the party had over 50 members in elected offices across Germany, which is more than in all other countries combined. However, todays election win trumps all previous ones.Never before has a Pirate Party been elected into a state or federal parliament. And with the 5 % floor that was required to enter, the achievement at the Berlin elections is all the more impressive.The initial results show that the Pirates received the most support from younger voters. 15 % of people under 30 voted for the Pirate Party, but even among voters aged 60 years and up, a few percent voted for the Pirates.Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg was the first region to finish counting, and the Pirate Party got 14.7 % of all votes there. With all votes counted in the state the Pirates are at 8.9 %.[img]http://www.torrentfreak.com/images/piraten-2011.jpg[/img]TorrentFreak asked Sebastian Nerz, Chairman of the German Pirate Party, what this success means for the party. He told us that due to an increase in funds and influence the Pirate Party will have a greater chance to make its mark."At the moment the Pirate Party of Germany does not have any paid employees," Nerz says. "Everyone working for the party including myself is working in an honorary capacity. In contrast, Members of Parliament are paid for their work. In addition they receive state money to pay for assistents and co-workers. This will enable those Pirates to work full-time for the party, thus giving us much more work force.""Another very important benefit is, that citizens and media are taking parties with access to the parliament much more seriously. A number of times ive heard, "Your party is not relevant because it does not have members of parliament." Following this weekends successes, in this respect the partys position will be greatly improved.In addition the Pirate Party expects that their heightened profile will lead to an increase in members and more people working for the party. As for the partys ideals, they want to be as transparent as possible, secure the privacy of citizens, abolish patents and limit the ever growing control of copyright exploiting organizations."We are going to demonstrate that it is possible to conduct a transparent approach to politics. Traditionally politics are a secret no trespassing area. Meetings are held behind closed doors, agendas and protocols are closed, treaties are not being published," Nerz told TorrentFreak."We will demonstrate that it is possible to openly and truthfully inform the citizens what is going on, what alternatives are possible and why a certain path has been chosen. We will demonstrate that citizens can be integrated into the fact-finding and path-choosing methods. Why not ask citizens about their opinion before you decide? Its well worth a try!"One things for certain. The German Pirate Party scored a sensational win today. As a result, the Berlin state parliament will undoubtedly notice the fresh wind coming from the most technology-friendly and privacy preserving party out there. All the Berlin candidates are ready and eager to start according to the chairman."In short: We are going to demonstrate that politics can be reformed," Nerz says.The election win is currently being celebrated by hundreds of Pirate Party enthusiasts in Berlin, including the founder of the Swedish and first Pirate Party Rick Falkvinge. Rick already predicted the massive win yesterday and shared a picture of the festivities with TorrentFreak."Pirates of Berlin, thank you for your fantastic work in making tonight happen. We all stand shoulder to shoulder in fighting for the next generation one of succeeding is all of us succeeding. Tomorrow, people will look to your success, and the movement will grow yet more. You are the source of inspiration for the next wave of civil liberties activists," Falkvinge adds in a blog post.P-)