[pp.int.general] German Pirate Party conference with several new key demands

[Fabio Reinhardt]

Hi Pirates,

the party conference of the German Pirate Party is over. The media
attention was huge. So we have translated the results in a short
version in English, so you can read what happened. I concentrated on
the results. So, that a member had to leave the room, what our board
president said, and what the expectations and frustrations were (and
some other  stuff), I left out.

Here it goes: http://web.piratenpartei.de/Presse-release-101123-German-Pirate-Party-sailing-on-to-new-shores-chemnitz-pirates-new-key-demands

Before you here some over-exaggerated rumors: It is true that members
have annouced to leave the party. Some due to the demand to treat all
partnerships equal (of adults only, obv.) and some because of the
demand of a basic income for everyone, among them a treasury secretary
of a minor subdivision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassel). Some
media have covered that but so far it does not seem that we lost a big
number of members because of this. At least the media and other
parties have speculated that it could be a lot, which does not look
like it happens.

Just one notion: The right to a basic income, which we demanded, is
not (yet) the basic income that ha to be paid by the state and that is
supported eg by the Berlin pirate party. It stops short that, saying
that everyone has a right to this money but leaves out where the money
comes from and who pays it. Jens Seipenbusch has already written an
article, saying we refused the state paid basic income. Most members
would see this different, but thats esentially it. We are not
socialists - the main emphasis is the criticism of the cult-like focus
on employment, which we refuse. But make your own picture after we
tranlated the demands in details.

Cheers,
Fabio,
German Pirate Party Press Office


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Fabio Reinhardt
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