Evropský parlament a piráti

[Zbynek.Janoska]

Zánik velké koalice v Evropském parlamentu změnil EU více, než se na první pohled zdá. O unikátnosti aktuálního povolebního vyjednávání jsme mluvili s Michalem Bergem, jenž dění sleduje s vhledem člena předsednictva European Greens.
http://denikreferendum.cz/clanek/29730- ... ve-program

[Jiri.Ulip]

MEPs to join forces against disinformation

https://www.euractiv.com/section/digita ... formation/

A number of newly elected members of the European Parliament committed to joining forces in the upcoming five-year term in fighting disinformation, during an event organised by EURACTIV foundation.

Members of several groups shared their concerns over the impact of misinformation on European democracy and vowed to work together to fight it during the networking event held on 4 June.

Asked what advice he would give to his successor, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pointed to the need for battling fake news in an interview with German newspaper BILD.

“I would advise him or her to make more energetic public statements to counter the repeated attempts to smear the EU,” Juncker said. “The Commission should set up an anti-fake-news department which would do nothing else but expose these lies.”

“We have been too hesitant about this in the past,” the Commission chief admitted.

Better regulation and media literacy

Siegfried Mureșan, a recently re-elected Romanian MEP (EPP), stressed the responsibility public servants have in fighting disinformation but also pointed out the duty of media and citizens.

“The media have a responsibility in terms of separating yourselves, in terms of transparency, in terms of codes of conduct. All of us, as citizens, also have a responsibility to distinguish between fake news and a serious media outlet, media source,” Mureșan argued.

Mikulas Peksa, a Czech Pirate Party representative who was elected for the first time, shared this assessment in an interview with EURACTIV and stressed the importance of media literacy so that citizens are capable of critical thinking.

Developments in artificial intelligence represent important risks, Peksa said, however, the solution is not regulation, he argued.

“What we need is an educated population so that people will be really capable to distinguish the disinformation because there is no real way how to prevent the disinformation from reaching our people. But we have to, so to say, vaccinate them against this kind of disease,” said Peksa, whose party has joined the Greens/EFA.

Ahead of the EU elections in May, the Greens argued that media policy should “absolutely” be a priority for the next European Commission. The press has a great impact on shaping people’s opinion and the political agenda and so far, the EU’s role in this area has been very limited.

In order to ensure a healthy media landscape in Europe, the institutions need to work towards more and better coordination between member states too.

“What we really need is a common European market for media,” Peksa said.

Ricardo Gutiérrrez, secretary general of the European Federation of Journalists, added that “in history, we all know that journalism is the best antidote for disinformation”.

Christophe Leclercq, the founder of EURACTIV, said “several evils threaten our democracies: foreign interference, abuses by oligarchs and allied governments, or concentration of power by platforms. This calls for high journalism standards based on healthy revenues, and for regulation based on competition rules, not government censorship. ”
European election candidates consider next steps for EU media policy

Lead candidates for the upcoming European elections are pondering ways of safeguarding the media sector’s integrity in light of persistent economic challenges and emerging threats like Russian disinformation.

[Edited by Beatriz Rios/Zoran Radosavljevic]

[Jiri.Ulip]

Speak their language
Markéta Gregorová, 26, is a Czech MEP from the Pirate Party.

In the last parliamentary term, the average age of MEPs was 53. And while there’s no question that experience is highly important in politics, we can’t expect the previous generation to be able to address new challenges and keep up with the rapid pace of change without the input of young people.

The European Parliament needs to become more diverse and represent all segments of the population — and that includes young people. Why not invite YouTube influencers, such as PewDiePie, to the Parliament? They should be part of the conversation.

The EU hasn’t done nearly enough to address what’s worrying us. We need to talk about unemployment, or the fact the many young people can’t afford to buy an apartment, don’t have access to quality education and are deeply concerned about our government’s lack of action on climate change.

Let’s start by speaking about these issues — loudly — with young people and in their language.

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-youth-symposium/

[Dalibor.Zahora]

Zápisy ze schůzí europoslaneckého klubu
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[Zbynek.Janoska]

Mám zářez i u Němců! .)

Die 26-jährige Markéta Gregorová zieht als eine von drei Abgeordneten der tschechischen Piratenpartei ins Europaparlament ein. (Sie sei hier an Stelle ihrer Kollegen Marcel Kolaja und Mikuláš Peksa porträtiert.) Im Parlament will sich Gregorová vor allem für die Beschränkung des Exports von Waffen und Überwachungstechnologie sowie in Sachen autonomen Waffensystemen einsetzen. Sie strebt dazu einen Sitz in den Ausschüssen für internationalen Handel sowie für Sicherheit und Verteidigung an.

Die Piratin möchte sich außerdem für freie Software und für mehr Datenschutz stark machen. Dazu müsse die Marktmacht von Konzernen wie Google und Facebook eingeschränkt werden, schreibt sie an netzpolitik.org:

"Die Macht der Datengiganten basiert auf ihrem unablässigen Angriff auf die menschliche Privatsphäre, kaum verschleiert von ‚Datenschutzerklärungen‘, die tatsächlich so kompliziert und verschraubt sind, dass sie bloß als Ausrede gelten können. Zugleich müssen wir sie dazu zwingen, grundlegende Sachen wie faire Besteuerung zu akzeptieren."

https://netzpolitik.org/2019/cyber-date ... parlament/

[Jiri.Snizek]

Pirátské reakce na zvolení Ursuly von der Leyen do čela Evropské komise:

„Výsledek nectí výsledek Evropských voleb obejitím spitzenkandidátů, bude předmětem dalších vyjednávání, zdali takto zvolená Komise a za jakých podmínek získá naši důvěru,“ reagovala v SMS Markéta Gregorová (Piráti).

Mikuláš Peksa (Piráti) považuje volbu za „personální vyškrábávání sudu“. Rovněž zkritizoval výběr kandidátů nesouvisle na výsledku květnových voleb do Evropské unie. „Nová komise bude muset předložit velice dobré programové prohlášení, aby získala europoslance na svou stranu při hlasování o důvěře,“ dodal pro iROZHLAS.cz.

https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/ev ... 022005_nkr

[Lukas.Dolezal]

"Liberální" místopředsedkyně Evropského parlamentu .

Charanzovou zvolili poslanci spolu s dalšími 10 kandidáty. Pirátský poslanec Marcel Kolaja naopak neuspěl a je mezi kandidáty na zbývající tři posty, o nichž bude ustavující plénum rozhodovat ve druhém hlasování. Do čela Evropského parlamentu byl zvolen italský socialista David-Maria Sassoli.

https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-svet/dit ... 031809_nkr

[David.Wagner]

Ještě dnes v noci budeme vědět co Marcel. Zároveň zítra/ pozítří budeme snad už vědět definitivní výbory pro naše poslance.

[Jiri.Snizek]

Marcel Kolaja je místopředsedou evropského parlamentu!

[Lukas.Dolezal]

Marcel Kolaja je místopředsedou evropského parlamentu!

Play some Ode to Joy!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_-KoBiBG0