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German Pirate Party Scores Fourth Consecutive Election Win
2012-05-13 15:22:00 Germany: Today, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany went to the polls. This election is always closely watched in Germany, as it is the country’s most populous state. As expected, the Pirate Party won seats and entry into parliament – again – making this the Piratenpartei‘s fourth consecutive win. After Berlin (8.9%), Saarland (7.4%), and Schleswig-Holstein (8.2%), the time had come to Nordrhein-Westfalen. As the exit polls were just presented, it is clear that the German Pirate Party has achieved its goal and secured seats in a fourth parliament: the exit polls indicate 7.5%, well clearing the five-percent hurdle for entry, and predicting 18 new Pirate Members of Parliament. As the night progresses, and the actual votes are counted, this number will adjust somewhat. But the exit polls are always precise enough to give the end result with at most one percent unit of deviation in either direction. This has a number of interesting ramifications. The immediat...
LIVE!: Piratenpartei Election Results in Saarland
2012-03-28 11:55:00 Events – Andrew Norton: Perhaps one of the most important tests for Pirate Politics today, as the German state of Saarland goes to the polls. Can the PiratePartei repeat the success of Berlin last year. Liveblogging the results, I’m assisted by Peter Boehm of the Piratenpartei. All times are in CET 21:30 And that’s it from us this time. I wish I’d been able to start earlier, but next time things will be better! Promise! 21:24 A quick look around the news has a nice Associated Press piece, where the Pirate Party was branded ‘an upstart’, before commenting that it is emerging as a national political force. Later on, they commented on why they think it has succeeded “That underlined the growing threat it poses to its competitors with a platform based on near-total transparency and Internet freedom.” 21:08 So, to finish off this (much shortened) liveblogging, Let’s recap. Pirates take 4 of the 51 seats in the Saarsland state Par...
Tomorrow March 25, Germany Votes Pirate Again
2012-03-28 11:55:00 Germany: The state of Saarland in Germany got an unexpected re-election in 2012, which takes place tomorrow, the 25th of March. The German Piratenpartei needs five percent to enter another state parliament, and will get them, according to polls. This is enormously significant for the pirate party movement, for several reasons. First and most obviously, it shows that Sweden’s and Berlin’s successes in elections can be controllably repeated – that we have learned how to change the policymaking game in favor of the net generation, and that we have moved from a trial-and-error game to applying accumulated experience in a much more predictable fashion today than when we started out on brittle sails. Second, Saarland is a completely different demographic than the progressive, urban, politically vanguard Berlin. Being able to get parliamentary seats from elections in Sweden and Berlin could still be dismissed as extreme demographic outliers – but Saarland is a...
LIVE!: Piratenpartei Election Results in Saarland
2012-03-25 18:57:00 Events – Andrew Norton: Perhaps one of the most important tests for Pirate Politics today, as the German state of Saarland goes to the polls. Can the PiratePartei repeat the success of Berlin last year. Liveblogging the results, I’m assisted by Peter Boehm of the Piratenpartei. All times are in CET 21:30 And that’s it from us this time. I wish I’d been able to start earlier, but next time things will be better! Promise! 21:24 A quick look around the news has a nice Associated Press piece, where the Pirate Party was branded ‘an upstart’, before commenting that it is emerging as a national political force. Later on, they commented on why they think it has succeeded “That underlined the growing threat it poses to its competitors with a platform based on near-total transparency and Internet freedom.” 21:08 So, to finish off this (much shortened) liveblogging, Let’s recap. Pirates take 4 of the 51 seats in the Saarsland state Par...
Tomorrow March 25, Germany Votes Pirate Again
2012-03-25 17:51:00 Germany: The state of Saarland in Germany got an unexpected re-election in 2012, which takes place tomorrow, the 25th of March. The German Piratenpartei needs five percent to enter another state parliament, and will get them, according to polls. This is enormously significant for the pirate party movement, for several reasons. First and most obviously, it shows that Sweden’s and Berlin’s successes in elections can be controllably repeated – that we have learned how to change the policymaking game in favor of the net generation, and that we have moved from a trial-and-error game to applying accumulated experience in a much more predictable fashion today than when we started out on brittle sails. Second, Saarland is a completely different demographic than the progressive, urban, politically vanguard Berlin. Being able to get parliamentary seats from elections in Sweden and Berlin could still be dismissed as extreme demographic outliers – but Saarland is a...
Best German Mashup 2011 (So Far)
2011-12-06 22:14:00 One of the best things with December is reading all of the “best of the year lists”. Best music albums, best films and best blogs of course. Could it be Lunki and Sika – The quest for stardom‘s turn to win this year? When it comes to music, Mashup-Germany has already released a really cool ...
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Fröhlichen Nikolaus!!
2011-12-06 12:53:00 Today is December 6th, which means it’s Nikolaus Day for all the German kids out there! I remember this holiday very well because I always used to get sweets on this day, implying that I was actually a good kid. Sankt Nikolaus only gives candy to the good kids, the bad ones get punished. Sankt ...
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The Mother of Europe
2011-10-28 07:00:00 Massive budget deficits cause increased unemployment rates and poverty in big parts of the Euro-zone. While Angela Merkel, Germany?s Chancellor, promotes increased financial aid to the affected economies, she is facing domestic critique for giving away German billions. Others criticize her for not being efficient and decisive enough. But Merkel is determined in her belief: ...
Vogue Germany
2009-06-25 10:51:00 Vacker editorial med Julia Stegner! Inspirationen är Alphonse Muchas, som jag älskar!! Drömlikt.....
Castlemania
2007-09-02 22:42:00 As I've mention a few times before I am, amongst many other things, a major castle buff. It is something truly magical about castles, memories from the past still lingering on, and perhaps too many story-books east of the sun and west of the moon...Be as it may, I'm constantly drawn to castles, not necessarily inside - since frankly, having seen a few you've sort of seen them all... - , I'm just as happy to go exploring outside, discovering the gardens, the ambiance, daydreaming away.Like with many experiences, the less crowded the better so I tend to shy away from the really very touristy castles, or at least get there when there are less people around. Which isn't always possible and can really be a setback as far as magic and dreaming are concerned... Like the fairytale castle of Neuschwanstein... Which was truly amazing irl, but the experience so incredibly ruined by the massive invasion of tourists...Sometimes I can't believe my luck when I actually stumble over a castle ...
European ?far-right? parties: conservative or reactionary
2007-07-20 01:08:00 The European elections of recent years have shown a clear resurgence of conservatism on a continent largely known for its socialized institutions. With the election of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, two of the major players in the EU now have conservatives at the helm. Additionally, the largest and most influential ...
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WCB # 107 - Catfluences
2007-06-23 14:31:00 A very regal looking lionsculpture in Kungsträdgården (King's Garden), Stockholm. Very nicely chiseled, almost a bit scary in looks...This weekend's catblogging is not going to be about my cats in particular, but about cats in general, making pawprints all over.These past few years it's been sort of a very small hobby of mine to discover, document and now and then acknowledge these catfluence everywhere. In the public realm as well as the more private. Quite the fun thing to do, it really open your eyes for all the interesting an exquisitive details that can be found everywhere.A small lion as a waterhose device, Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery), Stockholm.A lioness showing off her good side in Bredäng, suburb to Stockholm.A different kind of mousetrap can be found on a backstreet of Stockholm. Love the looks of those sculptures!This cat part of the giant puzzle has adorned the subway station of Bredäng ever since I was a child. Cute!Another cat and mouse play, Resarö Mar...
Day two and no deal in Brussels
2007-06-22 06:29:00 Political leaders from the European Union’s 27 countries are still without an agreement on the European constitutional treaty.
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