Detail The Ayes Have it: Germany's Pirate Party   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8782 (Apr. 2012), page 50. Topik: Political Parties; Elections Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.71 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel The Pirate Party is fielding 42 candidates in the election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on May 13th. Few voters realize this number was chosen because it is the answer to the ultimate question, according to Deep Thought, a computer in Douglas Adams's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Yet this party, say polls, will win nearly 10% of the vote in NRW, the most populous state (as it will in Schleswig-Holstein a week earlier). That puts it near the Greens and ahead of both the ex-communist Left Party and the Free Democrats, who are part of Germany's ruling coalition. If the party enters the Bundestag in next year's federal election, it could affect the make-up of the government. The Pirates also have a new approach to politics. They grumble that old-fashioned politicians heed voters only when they stand for election. They want a high-bandwidth connection that is always on and carries messages from citizens to politicians at least as much as the other way. "Now you have to choose a party and a package of opinions. You throw your voice away for five years," says Michele Marsching, the party's leader in NRW. Freedom in the digital world is held to be a fundamental right. Censorship and persecution of copyright violators are intolerable. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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