[pp.int.general] Election results local election in Lower Saxony (PPDE)

[Erik Lönroth]

This is such an inspiration to us all!

/Erik - Sweden, Södertälje

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Justus Römeth <roemeth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All
> There were local elections in the cities and towns of the German federal
> state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) on Sunday, and the pirate parties of
> the respective towns and cities took part in them. Overall, it seems that
> more than 50 mandates were won, and the results of the federal elections of
> 2 years ago were surpassed in some places, which is awesome given a lower
> number of voters (real numbers, not percentages).
> One should keep in mind that Lower Saxony is one of the less densely
> populated states of Germany, making these successes even more astonishing.
> Most of the result is probably thanks to the local pirates in the respective
> local elections, so those are the ones that deserve most of the praise.
> This is important for the future in two ways:
> Next week we have elections in Berlin, both local and on state-level (since
> Berlin is a so called Stadtstaat, or citystate). The PP Berlin was at 6.5%
> at the last poll, which would actually put them way above the 5% threshold
> into the Berlinian parliament. The successes from Lower Saxony are very
> likely to give them another boost.
> More importantly, however, these results put the Piratenpartei Niedersachsen
> and the Piratenpartei Deutschland on the map, into the minds of the local
> citizens both during the election campaign and hopefully also during work in
> the local council during the legislative period. It should also further
> boost morale for the Pirates in Germany and elsewhere, as it shows that we
> can gain enough support to gather legislative representation (even at a time
> when the pirate bay is not in the news, and even for political bodies that
> seem quite removed from the places where the big questions that we, in the
> end, all hope to influence, are decided), that (our) hard work pays off and
> that there is progress within the maturing process of the movement.
> Kind regards from Hanover
> Justus Römeth
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