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"People in Germany, the biggest bankroller in crisis-hit Europe, are demanding President Christian Wulf quit after he threatened a newspaper which broke news of a home loan scandal in which he was embroiled. ­As disillusionment with the political establishment sets in, support appears to be shifting to a new party that has no official stance on the EU or its troubles, as RT found out in Berlin. It looks like an ordinary scene at one of the many bars in Berlin. But there is one thing which makes this party totally different from the rest. This is a convention of a political party - the Pirate party of Germany. The guests at this gathering are all drawn from the party's 18,000 members. Dmitry, who is tired of the mainstream, is one of them."

"Police in Germany have confiscated servers belonging to the Pirate Party as part of a criminal investigation. On Friday morning, at the request of the French authorities, German police officers seized a number of Pirate Party servers in Hesse Offenbach. The move led to widespread disruption of the part's IT infrastructure as several websites and a communication platform for members were shut down. A spokesman for the Party said that neither the Party itself nor any of its subsidiaries is under investigation and the Party is distancing itself from any criminal wrongdoing. Early indications are that police are investigating the PiratenPad facility made available on one of the servers, according to the Pirate Party and the Etherpad Foundation. PiratenPad is a Web application that uses Etherpad software to allow users to freely contribute to and edit documents. "

"German police downed the servers of the German Pirate Party in an operation instigated on behalf of French authorities, the Party said on Friday. According to a statement put out by the Piratenpartei Deutschland, police "confiscated a number of servers of the German Pirate Party which are provided by AixIT in Offenbach, for a French investigation"."

"This morning German police confiscated the servers of the Pirate Party, currently the sixth largest political Party in Germany. Details of the raid are still scarce, but initial information indicates that the raid was targeted at a service running on the Party's servers. The timing is unfortunate with the Pirate Party participating in the upcoming election in Bremen this Sunday."

BERLIN - With laptops open like shields against the encroaching cameramen, the young men resembled Peter Pan's Lost Boys more than Captain Hook's buccaneers when they were introduced Monday as Berlin's newest legislators: They are the members of the Pirate Party. Asked if they were just some chaotic troop of troublemakers, Christopher Lauer, newly voted in as a state lawmaker for the district of Pankow, replied with no lack of confidence, "You ought to wait for the first session in the house of representatives." By winning 8.9 percent of the vote in Sunday's election in this city-state, these political pirates surpassed - blew away, really - every expectation for what was supposed to be a fringe, one-issue Party promoting Internet freedom. The Pirates so outstripped expectations that all 15 candidates on their list won seats - seats are doled out based in part on votes for a Party rather than for an individual. Normally parties list far more candidates than could ever make it, because if they win more than they nominate, the seat must remain unfilled. These men in their 20s and 30s, who turned up at the imposing former Prussian state parliament building, some wearing hooded sweatshirts, and one a T-shirt of the comic book hero Captain America, were no longer merely madcap campaigners and gadflies. They had become the people's elected representatives.

BERLIN - With laptops open like shields against the encroaching cameramen, the young men resembled Peter Pan's Lost Boys more than Captain Hook's buccaneers when they were introduced Monday as Berlin's newest legislators: They are the members of the Pirate Party. Asked if they were just some chaotic troop of troublemakers, Christopher Lauer, newly voted in as a state lawmaker for the district of Pankow, replied with no lack of confidence, "You ought to wait for the first session in the house of representatives." By winning 8.9 percent of the vote in Sunday's election in this city-state, these political pirates surpassed - blew away, really - every expectation for what was supposed to be a fringe, one-issue Party promoting Internet freedom. The Pirates so outstripped expectations that all 15 candidates on their list won seats - seats are doled out based in part on votes for a Party rather than for an individual. Normally parties list far more candidates than could ever make it, because if they win more than they nominate, the seat must remain unfilled.

The Pirate party gained a number of seats in Berlin's elections, but a radical online agenda faces more challenges in the UK reddit this Comments (78) John Naughton guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 September 2011 19.05 BST Article history 'The bovine way in which the Commons passed Lord Mandelson's digital economy bill does not exactly engender confidence in the British political class's understanding of these matters.' Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images The fact that the Pirate party has won 8.9% of the vote in the Berlin state elections - thereby giving them 15 seats in the legislature - has given rise to some head-scratching in psephological circles. And not without reason: it isn't often that a political party takes a relaxed view of filesharing, advocates radical reform of intellectual property laws, opposes state surveillance in all its forms, evangelises about open source and then has electoral success in the real world.

"Another surprise on Sunday could be the Pirate Party, a German branch of the Party that emerged in Sweden five years ago to campaign for reform of copyright and better privacy in the internet age. Polls show the Pirates winning 9 per cent."

"Stefan Körner schubst und schiebt ein wenig, dann steht er auf einmal direkt vor Seehofer. Körner ist bayerischer Landesvorsitzender der Piraten Partei, und er hat ein Anliegen. Körner zieht eine grau-orangefarbene Plastikkarte im Scheckkartenformat aus seinem Jackett. Es ist ein Mitgliedsausweis der Piraten, ausgestellt auf den Namen Horst Seehofer, Mitgliedsnummer 1337. Mit einem breiten Grinsen überreicht Körner Seehofer das Kärtchen. Der entgegnet brav, fast verlegen und wenig schlagfertig: „Ich bleibe trotzdem CSU-Mitglied" und schiebt noch ein „Dank Dir" hinterher. Seehofer will locker wirken auf seiner Facebook Party: „Man duzt sich doch in der Szene, oder", fragt der CSU-Chef. Körner wird immer entspannter. „Nicht unbedingt", lächelt der Pirat. Sie treiben ihren Spaß mit Seehofer an diesem Abend im P1. Aleks Lessmann, Politischer Geschäftsführer der bayerischen Piraten, ist schon früh zum P1 gekommen. Er steht vor einer der beiden Sicherheitsschleusen, gibt Interviews und verteilt Visitenkarten. Es sei ja immerhin bewundernswert, dass die CSU eine Facebook-Party veranstalte, findet er, „eine gute Sache". Doch wenn die Partei Hilfe brauche, um wirklich im 21. Jahrhundert anzukommen, „stehen wir als Piraten bereit", lästert Lessmann. Bei den Landtagswahlen im Herbst 2013 werde seine Partei „mit Sicherheit" bei acht Prozent landen, meint er. Und die CSU werde irgendwann kapieren, dass das Internet mehr ist als nur Facebook. Jetzt will Lessmann - er trägt Piraten-T-Shirt zu grauem Anzug - Seehofer ein Papier unterschreiben lassen. Mit der Unterschrift soll der Ministerpräsident einem Volksbegehren zustimmen, das die Abschaffung der Studiengebühren in Bayern zum Ziel hat. Seehofer lehnt freundlich lächelnd ab."

"The Pirate Party recently gained a seat on Berlin's parliament, something that has never happened before for the group. While these guys are serious about their internet rights and battling censorship, they do know how to have a good time, including "Pony Time". After the break is a translated version of this article. I'm sure you will all get a kick out of it. Thanks to Anon for the Englishification! Pony break with the Pirates Berlin deputies relax with children's TV series By Philip Banse * * * * * * "My Little Pony," a nearly 30-year-old animated series about the friendship of a handful of ponies, is incorporated into the Rules of Procedure of the Pirate Party in the Berlin state legislature. When discussion gets heated, any pirate can move to look at an episode of the children's TV series, in order to calm things down."

"Police in Germany have confiscated servers belonging to the Pirate Party as part of a criminal investigation. On Friday morning, at the request of the French authorities, German police officers seized a number of Pirate Party servers in Hesse Offenbach. The move led to widespread disruption of the part's IT infrastructure as several websites and a communication platform for members were shut down."

"German law enforcement authorities have confirmed a take-down of Pirate Party servers on Friday. The Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) German federal police told ZDNet UK on Monday that it was involved in the investigation. The operation saw German Pirate Party (Piraten Partei) servers taken offline, disrupting operations. Prosecutors in Darmstadt led the German side of the operation, said a BKA spokeswoman."

"The German branch of the Pirate Party, which campaigns for civil rights on the Internet, has been raided Police in Germany have reportedly seized a number of servers belonging to the German Pirate Party, as part of a French criminal investigation. The servers, hosted at AixIT in Offenbach, were confiscated on the morning of 20 May, following a request by the French authorities. However, it is believed that the investigation only concerns a single public service on one of the Party's virtual servers."

"Acting on a French request for assistance, German police today confiscated German Pirate Party servers-apparently hoping to search the prominent collaboration tool widely used within Anonymous to select targets for attack. Authorities appear to be concerned about a possible attack on French energy giant EDF. The German Pirate Party said in a statement that it does not believe itself to be a target of the investigation and expressed willingness "within its legal obligations" to aid French police:"

For those of you having trouble with the link: Dear Mr. Ambassador, I write to you with regard to events that have transpired on Friday, the gravity of which have led me to question the democratic integrity of the Federal Republic of Germany. On Friday morning, May 20, German law enforcement officers seized the information technology and communications infrastructure of the Piratenpartei, a legal and officially recognised political party. The seizures have transpired irrespective of the fact that the party is not suspected of any illegal activity. Media reports suggest that the seizures have occurred as a result of investigations by the French law enforcement organisations into an alleged distributed denial of service attack, and event which itself occurred several months prior to the seizure. French investigators are of the opinion that one of the servers, which provides collaborative services and tools that may be used by the general public, may have been used by an individual or individuals in the planning of the alleged attack. Indeed, it should be noted, that we as a party also use services provided by the Piratenpartei which were affected by these seizures.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Among the posters plastered around Berlin ahead of a regional vote on Sunday, the bright colors, unconventional photography and thought-provoking slogans of the Pirate Party stand well out from the pack. "We have the questions, you have the answers," reads one, and "The Internet in the hands of the users" another, reflecting the Party's grass-roots, populist agenda. Dismissed by many as too kooky to take seriously, the Pirates for the first time have a chance of winning a seat in a state parliament -- the Party is polling ahead of the Free Democrats (FDP), the junior coalition partners in Chancellor Angela Merkel's federal coalition, at around the 5 percent threshold for entering the assembly. First-time voter Ruben Doehrer, 18, is among those who say they will flock to the Pirate Party on September 18.

"ous nous sommes fait l'écho vendredi dernier de la déconnexion des serveurs du Parti Pirate allemand, à deux jours d'élections législatives. Voici le texte (amputé des formules de politesse) de la lettre que le Parti Pirate français vient d'envoyer à l'Ambassadeur d'Allemagne à Paris en réaction."

"Sous ce mot-clé, une affaire remarquable et probablement unique faisait des vagues sur twitter vendredi dernier : Dans les locaux de la société aixIT SARL à Offenbach-sur-le-Main a eu lieu une perquisition, suite à une décision du tribunal d'instance de Darmstadt du 19 mai 2011, qui a ordonné aussi bien la confiscation d'un nombre non précisé de disques durs de taille inconnue appartenant au domaine « piratenpad.de », ainsi que des données enregistrées sur ceux-ci et liées à une adresse IP spécifique. Le gérant de ce domaine : le Parti Pirate allemand. En vertu de la décision du tribunal, les officiers de police firent une descente chez aixIT vendredi, et enlevèrent tous les serveurs appartenant au Parti Pirate - pas uniquement ceux qui faisaient tourner «Piratenpad», mais tous."

"This Friday May the 20th in the morning, German police seized multiple servers from German Pirate Party for a police investigation issued from France. German Pirate Party has stated that they will support, within their legal obligations, French authorities in their investigation. Access to technical infrastructure has already been provided as far as it is necessary for the investigation needs. Therefore the targeted search for specific datasets should quickly be established."

"I would like to add my condemnation to that of Sebastian Nerz and Rick Falkvinge, amongst others on yesterday's police raid of German Pirate Party IT Assets. "