[pp.int.general] germany election

[peter.boehm]

hi,

just my two cents.

cent one:

we had federal elections here in germany yesterday, and recieved 'only' 
2.2 percent. that was more than last time, back in 2009.

last elections were quite chaotic, this one was far better organised, 
but we still failed.

we had a wide program concerning many topics, but the program was set in 
spring. this brought no attention from the media in the last weeks.
we had some successes in last years, entering some states parliaments, 
and the pirates there are doing good work - but this was no issue in 
media, because shortly after the rise in polls there came some quarrels. 
personal issues, differences in opinions, also some histories from some 
pirates who held elected positions came up in the media.

in the last month we release many statements concerning the global 
spying from the us secret agencies, but this topic was to complicated 
for most journalists and politicians.
our beloved chancelor merkel ignored it, following in the steps of 
helmut kohl by doing nothing and keeping calm.

the other opposition parties made a show, the head of the 
socialdemocrats showed a f..kfinger, one head of the greenparty hat some 
historic issue. then there is a new populistic anti-EURO-party, which 
took some media attention very easy.

so.. we did our best, but the mainstream did not notice. we have a 
stable base of supporter through the whole society, but we will stay out 
of the federal parliament for at least the next four years.

this was the one cent, the other cent i'd like to mention:

the german pirates tried to build a complete program covering all issues 
and problems. the program is really good, not biased by interest groups, 
but it is not perfect.
what i personaly miss are some of the old 'core'-issues, back then the 
pirate party germany was foundet to
-reform copyright and patents rights
-enhance privacy for citizen
-make the government more transparent

the german pirates - today - have no agenda concerning patent rights, 
this is a to complicated topic to talk about.
and transparency of governments is far away, now as the secret agencies 
have a carde blanche to do what they want.

my best wishes go to pirate party austria (election on saturday),
greetings,
peter