A political party is about vision. The Pirates have vision.<br><br>Least we forget the pirate party is the operator of .pirates a live top level domain. This is vision.<br><br>Vision.<br><br>cheers<br>joe baptista<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Meryem Marzouki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marzouki@ras.eu.org">marzouki@ras.eu.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Le 21 juin 09 à 09:09, Ian Peter a écrit :<div class="im"><br>
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For those who want a quick primer on Pirate Party (like I did)<br>
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Basic political position of the Swedish Pirates<br>
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<a href="http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english" target="_blank">http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english</a><br>
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This might be fine for an NGO, but not for a political party. The point is that a political party is expected to have a vision on society as a whole. And a member of Parliament has to express positions and to act on different matters dealt with by the Parliament.<br>
I find stupid at the latest, and otherwise suspect, to state e.g. "The Pirate Party has no opinion on whether Sweden should or should not be a member of the European Union, (...)" or, when you don't explain why: "The proposed European Union constitution that France and the Netherlands voted against shall not be accepted, neither in its original form nor with cosmetic changes." In each country, there have been very different reasons why a majority of French, Dutch, and later Irish people said no to the Constitutional Treaty. What are exactly the ones supported by the PP? Those of the left, or those of the populists and extreme right wing?<br>
When the PP representative will have to vote on, say, EU immigration policy, or EU common agricultural policy, or labor policy, what will be his votes? Based on which rationale and reasons?<br>
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Best,<br><font color="#888888">
Meryem</font><div class="im"><br>
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