TorrentFreak » piratenpatei https://torrentfreak.com Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:27:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 German Pirate Party Wins in Key State Election https://torrentfreak.com/german-pirate-party-wins-in-key-state-election-120513/ https://torrentfreak.com/german-pirate-party-wins-in-key-state-election-120513/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 17:58:37 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=50939 Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing and anonymous VPN services.

]]> piratenThe German Pirate Party won several seats in the North Rhine-Westphalia state election today.

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

According to the latest exit polls the Pirates received 7.5% of the total vote which translates into 18 parliament seats.

Today’s win is perhaps the most important of all as North Rhine-Westphalia has the largest population of all German states.

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

Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge has a detailed analysis on why the Pirates are doing so well in Germany.


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