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The Green Party has been notoriously flaky when it comes to individual rights. One example is that with their help one of the largest scale surveillance acts w

by stfu 15y ago

The Green Party has been notoriously flaky when it comes to individual rights. One example is that with their help one of the largest scale surveillance acts were pushed through the German parliament in 2005 ( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großer_Lauschangriff http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großer_Lauschangriff GER). Makes me really sceptically if this is is a heartfelt issue for them or just some attempt to win voters of the pirate party over.

phyrex1an 15y ago
The Swedish Pirate Party is a member of the Green Group in the EU parliament. It's not really that strange that the Pirate Party has a huge influence on the Green Group's copyright policy. Rick Falkvinge (the previous leader of the Swedish Pirate Party) declares this as a huge victory for the Pirate Party. http://falkvinge.net/2011/10/07/huge-pirate-victory-as-eu-party-group-adopts-perspective-on-copyright-monopoly/ http://falkvinge.net/2011/10/07/huge-pirate-victory-as-eu-pa...
DasIch 15y ago
The German Green Party is only a part of the European one, it could very well be that the European and German Party have different opinions on the matter.
DevX101 15y ago
In multiparty systems, a minority party (like the Green Party) will often compromise on issues that are not on their core platform in order to get support on their one or two key issues. One of the key issues for the Green Party in Germany was the banning of nuclear plants. They've had an enormous influence in actually getting Germany to make a drastic change and abandoning nuclear energy. This was no small feat as Germany is the leading European manufacturer and the home of Siemens, a major producer of nuclear technology. Although Fukushima was the tipping point, there had already been significant pressure on the German conservative party to at least prevent additional construction of new plants. Nevertheless, this success for the Green Party was due in part to them forming coalitions to support non-core issues such as the one you've mentioned.

by stfu 15y ago

phyrex1an 15y ago

The Swedish Pirate Party is a member of the Green Group in the EU parliament. It's not really that strange that the Pirate Party has a huge influence on the Green Group's copyright policy. Rick Falkvinge (the previous leader of the Swedish Pirate Party) declares this as a huge victory for the Pirate Party. http://falkvinge.net/2011/10/07/huge-pirate-victory-as-eu-party-group-adopts-perspective-on-copyright-monopoly/ http://falkvinge.net/2011/10/07/huge-pirate-victory-as-eu-pa...

DasIch 15y ago

The German Green Party is only a part of the European one, it could very well be that the European and German Party have different opinions on the matter.

DevX101 15y ago

In multiparty systems, a minority party (like the Green Party) will often compromise on issues that are not on their core platform in order to get support on their one or two key issues. One of the key issues for the Green Party in Germany was the banning of nuclear plants. They've had an enormous influence in actually getting Germany to make a drastic change and abandoning nuclear energy. This was no small feat as Germany is the leading European manufacturer and the home of Siemens, a major producer of nuclear technology. Although Fukushima was the tipping point, there had already been significant pressure on the German conservative party to at least prevent additional construction of new plants. Nevertheless, this success for the Green Party was due in part to them forming coalitions to support non-core issues such as the one you've mentioned.