It's good that Berlin's annual Freiheit statt Angst (freedom not fear) demonstration falls just a couple of weeks before the election; I can only hope it pushes digital rights onto the agenda. Here is a comparison of the various party positions on privacy &c. Unsurprisingly the pirate party comes out best, followed by Die Linke and Die Grüne -- none of them likely to make it into any ruling coalition, alas.
It'd be nice if the Piratenpartei could manage an upset comparable to what the Swedes pulled off in the European elections. I can't imagine it happening although, as with the growth of environmentalism into a broad political philosophy, it's not inconceivable that the pirates could become a serious political force over the years.
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