The reason to place it outside Europe was that a few years back (the GA before Germany?) someone decided that the next GA would be outside Europe (don't remember where it's written, some official place making it almost binding). Because of this there has been massive complaints from Pirates outside of Europe that wanted to participate. Basically it's a promise to place the GA outside Europe but so far none outside Europe has been organized, had resources and enough time to arrange one.<div>
<br></div><div>The point of arranging a GA outside of Europe is to spark more activity there as well as provide an opportunity for people that have, so far, been prohibited (by too high travel costs) to participate in the European based GA's. <br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>---</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Regarding the other question I assume (correct me if wrong) that there is no problem for a non-PPI country to arrange a PPI GA (e.g. Tunisia applying last year). </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Personally I hope the PPI GA will be arranged outside of Europe this year. If not the voices will only be raised for doing this next year which is a very important event since it's leading up to European elections and is an essential opportunity to connect with more Pirates before the elections. If the GA is held outside Europe there is nothing stopping an European party arranging another international meeting in Europe at a later date.<br>
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