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1. Re: Election results local election in Lower Saxony (PPDE)<br>
(Erik L?nroth)<br>
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:27:34 +0200<br>
From: Erik L?nroth <<a href="mailto:erik.lonroth@gmail.com">erik.lonroth@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Election results local election in Lower<br>
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This is such an inspiration to us all!<br>
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/Erik - Sweden, S?dert?lje<br>
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Justus R?meth <<a href="mailto:roemeth@gmail.com">roemeth@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello All<br>
> There were local elections in the cities and towns of the German federal<br>
> state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) on Sunday, and the pirate parties of<br>
> the respective towns and cities took part in them. Overall, it seems that<br>
> more than 50 mandates were won, and the results of the federal elections of<br>
> 2 years ago were surpassed in some places, which is awesome given a lower<br>
> number of voters (real numbers, not percentages).<br>
> One should keep in mind that Lower Saxony is one of the less densely<br>
> populated states of Germany, making these successes even more astonishing.<br>
> Most of the result is probably thanks to the local pirates in the respective<br>
> local elections, so those are the ones that deserve most of the praise.<br>
> This is important for the future in two ways:<br>
> Next week we have elections in Berlin, both local and on state-level (since<br>
> Berlin is a so called Stadtstaat, or citystate). The PP Berlin was at 6.5%<br>
> at the last poll, which would actually put them way above the 5% threshold<br>
> into the Berlinian parliament. The successes from Lower Saxony are very<br>
> likely to give them another boost.<br>
> More importantly, however, these results put the Piratenpartei Niedersachsen<br>
> and the Piratenpartei Deutschland on the map, into the minds of the local<br>
> citizens both during the election campaign and hopefully also during work in<br>
> the local council during the legislative period. It should also further<br>
> boost morale for the Pirates in Germany and elsewhere, as it shows that we<br>
> can gain enough support to gather legislative representation (even at a time<br>
> when the pirate bay is not in the news, and even for political bodies that<br>
> seem quite removed from the places where the big questions that we, in the<br>
> end, all hope to influence, are decided), that (our) hard work pays off and<br>
> that there is progress within the maturing process of the movement.<br>
> Kind regards from Hanover<br>
> Justus R?meth<br>
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