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German Pirate Party Scores More Seats In State Election

The Pirate Party continues its victory streak in Germany.

The Pirates got more than 8% of the vote in the Schleswig-Holstein state election yesterday, which translates into 6 seats.

berlinThis is the third time in a row the Pirate Party broke the 5% threshold which is needed to enter parliament.

Previously the Pirates won seats in Saarland and Berlin, and if the current trend continues the party has a serious shot at entering the national parliament after the next elections.

(Local / via)

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  • http://torrentfreak.com/ Rob8urcakes

    Dunno how you get these stories Ernie, but keep up the GREAT work – on top of the recent Pirate Party gains in the UK last week, this is even more EXCELLENT news.

    Thank you :)

  • Kim Dotcodotuk

    Germany is the place with that stupid GEMA making the licensing fees rediculously high. Hopefully PP will put a stop to this one day <3

  • Chameleon87

    I got my voting paperwork in the mail on friday. Guess which party I marked with a big fat X  :)

    • Viciouzex

      which one?

  • Black_Beard

    GO GO PIRATE PARTY

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-Dilly/1624894683 Don Dilly

    Not to mention the fact the french ejected their Hadopi endorsing president on sunday.

     

    • Anonymous

       *elected

      • Guest

         *ejected

        • Viva la Sarkozy, PAS

          *humiliatingly ejected

          high voter turnout
          first-ever incumbent to lose in the first round
          Pro – rich ruling class, right winger beat by a socialist.

          Now France has a socialist president.
          Hollande has said…….
          he will move quickly to implement his
          traditionally Socialist tax-and-spend programme, which calls for
          boosting taxes on the rich, increasing state spending and hiring some
          60,000 teachers.

          bonus : The right wing elite protectionist Sarkozy is livid : ) lulz

          A win for the 99% in France

  • http://twitter.com/Magi1983 Martin Gillich

    Next is the state of Northrhine Westphalia next Sunday. I am so excited I can’t wait ^^

    • Chameleon87

      My vote on that one should be obvious (previous post here) ;)

      There’s one odd thing about these votes which I only noticed cause my mom mentioned it once.. 

      In those voting rooms (which are usually located in schools here) they always provide pencils (!) there to fill stuff out, which is like THE easiest way for manipulation (eraser) later on. Kinda got me thinking to be honest..

      I’ll keep marking them with a CD-Pen from now on.. 

      • http://twitter.com/Magi1983 Martin Gillich

        I can understand your suspicion, but they are special pencils. If you try to erase it you will only make it blurry. So it’s easily detectable whether one tried to erase a cross or not. ;-)
        But of course, you are free to use your CD-Pen

      • Oehoeboeroe

         In the Netherlands you have to use the provided red pencil. If you use your own (usually grey) pencil the vote becomes invalid.

  • Thorsten

    They also have a etherpad installation: https://piratenpad.org

  • ANONYMOUS

    This is how the people beat down the corrupt politicians. The people will speak and the corrupt trolls will be crushed. 

  • http://twitter.com/icanhazsake Ninja

    Another epic win for sanity. It’s getting momentum, we’ll get rid of our current elected idiots.. Erm, politicians sooner than most expect. Probably.

    • The guy

      Yep, hoping my fellow US citizens will knock them off their high horse.

  • Guest

    Soon a pirate party in every nation.
    It’ll be the biggest international political party.

  • Blank

    More  information the German Pirate Party’s success in the
    regional elections last week, and an analysis of their current
    state.

    http://knowfuture.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/more-booty-for-the-pirate-party-in-germany/

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