Nevjerojatno! I to se dogodilo. ThePirateBay.org je postigao nemoguće. Čelnici njihove stranke Pirate Party ušli su u europski parlament. Dok ovo pišem još se ne zna da li je samo jedan član ili dva. No svejedno, morate priznati da se dogodilo nešto potpuno nevjerojatno u svijetu nesmetane online razmjene podataka.
Da citiram članak na Wikipediji: “The Pirate Party got 7.1% in the 2009 European Parliament elections, which will result in one seat in the European parliament, two if the Lisbon Treaty goes into effect.” Još jednom kažem – NEVJEROJATNO!!!
Ovo je primjer prave demokracije na djelu. U nastavku članka informacije o kompletnoj priči.
2006 Swedish general election
The Pirate Party attracted 34,918 votes in the Swedish general election of 2006, their first participation at an election for parliament since the founding of the party less than 9 months prior. With 0.63% of the overall votes, it became the 10th biggest party of more than 40 participating. However, a voting result of less than 4% of the total votes does not qualify the party for seats in the Swedish Parliament. Getting more than 1% of the vote would have granted the party financial assistance from the state for printing ballots which is costly in Sweden, while at least 2.5% would grant them state funds for campaigning in the next election. Despite the setbacks, Falkvinge is already planning for the Swedish general election in 2010.
2009 European Parliament election
In the first pre-election pollbefore the 2009 European Parliament election, the Pirate Party registered at 5.1%, which would be enough to get a seat in the parliament. The support for the party was concentrated to younger voters, especially those of ages 18–29 (where it is the second largest party) and 30-44 (where it is the fourth largest).
By May 22, a Demoskop poll showed a 7.9% support amongst Swedish voters, making the Pirate Party the third largest party.A week later this had grown to 8.2% and a projected two seats in Parliament, with 21.8% support amongst people aged 18–29.The party’s top two candidates are Christian Engström and Amelia Andersdotter.
A model-based prediction for the 2009 European Parliament election by political scientists estimated June 4, 2009 that the Pirate Party could be the third largest party from Sweden, gaining 2 seats.
Finally, the Pirate Party got enough votes for at least one seat of the 18 available seats Sweden has at the European Parliament, getting 7.1 % of the Swedish votes.
Tportal piše:
Stranku The Pirate Party trenutačno podržava 7,9 posto birača u Švedskoj što je značajan porast od brojke od 3,4 posto, a koliko je iznosila podrška ovoj stranci prije spornog suđenja The Pirate Bayu.
Posljednju anketu u Švedskoj provela je organizacija Demoskop, a provedena je u razdoblju od 13. do 20. svibnja na uzorku od tisuću glasača.
Stranka The Pirate Party još uvijek debelo zaostaje za Socijaldemokratima koji imaju podršku 35,9, a konzervativna Stranka centra aktualnog premijera (conservative Moderate Party) 24,1 posto birača. Kako bilo, trenutačna podrška od 7,9 posto birača stranci The Pirate Party znači da joj je zagarantirano barem jedno mjesto u Europskom parlamentu.
Još jednom čestitam piratima na pobjedi i nadam se da će Hrvatska pratiti ovaj svjetli primjer nesputane demokracije (mada će neki reći da se upravo to dogodilo odabirom Keruma za gradonačelnika).
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