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Venue: Brussels / online - Sat. 17th September 2022

Board :
- Cédric
- Etienne
- Bastian
- Petr
- Alessandro
- Mikuláš
- Jan
- Jasmin

Board excused :
- Florie

Delegates :

1 vote - alios (aka Markus Barenhoff) - PP-DE (https://redmine.piratenpartei.de/issues/155048)
1 vote - Anne Herpertz - PP-DE
1 vote - Dario Castañé - PP-CAT
1 vote - Petra Kovačec - PP-SL
1 vote - Samuel Vančo - MEP
1 vote - Tomas Adamec - MEP
6 votes - Michal Gill - PP-CZ
1 vote - Martin Cronel - PP-FR
1 vote - Katarina Stensson - PP-SE
1 vote - Maija Li Raudaskoski - PP-FI
0 vote- Pekka Mustonen - PP-FI
1 vote - Andrel Linnenbank - PP-NL
1 vote - Charalampos Kyritsis - YPE
1 vote - Raman Ojha - YPE

So far : PP-DE, PP-CAT, PP-SL, MEP, PP-CZ, PP-FR, PP-SE, PP-FI, PP-NL, YPE (10 organisations - 18 votes)
Missing: PP-AT, PP-GR, PP-IS, PP-IT, PP-LU, PP-NO, PP-CH, PP-Sk (8 organisations - 10 votes)

Representatives from observer members:
0 votes- Tamas Zaokota - MKKP
0 votes- Peter Viczan - MKKP
0 votes- Marco Confalonieri - Pirati

Other guests :

- Exile
- Gregory (PPDE, PPI)
- Carole PP-LU
- Gasper PP-SL
- Reka
- HlimPeter
- Niki - MEP Delegation
- Lukas
- Mattias Bjärnemalm

Recorder :
PiratesOnAir:
https://owncloud.ag-technik.de/s/6D99ka7BXkT5bLk

Proposal:
Chair: Mikuláš Peksa
Minute-takers: Marco Confalonieri, Charalampos Kyritsis

YES:
Andrel (PPNL) 1
Mike Gill (PPCZ) 6
Katarina (PPSE) 1
alios (PP-DE) 1
Petra Kovačec (PPSI) 1
Anne Herpertz (PP-DE) 1
Martin CRONEL(PP-FR) 1
Samuel Vančo (MEPs) 1
Tomáš Adamec (MEPs) 1
Dario Castañé (PPCAT) 1
Raman Ojha (YPE) 1
Charalampos Kyritsis (YPE) 1

NO:
Abstain:

Draft agenda 11th Council Meeting, September 17th

12:15 -12:45 Opening of the meeting to allow for registration of delegates
13:00 Welcoming remarks from PPEU chairperson, and special guest speeches
13:15 election of meeting chairs and minute takers, and approval of the agenda
13:30 Motions
- Motion for changes to the statutes to allow non Pirate Party parties as full members of the association
14:30 CoC Elections to fill vacancies
14:45 2024 European Parliament Elections
- CEEP 2024
- PPEU Merchandising
15:45 Reports from the board
- Chair
- Treasurer
16:15 Update from working Groups and ongoing projects
- Second Chamber
- Communication
16:30 Discussion on Pegasus
16:45 AOB
17:00 Final greetings

All times are in CEST.
https://wiki.ppeu.net/doku.php?id=draft_agenda

YES:
alios (PP-DE) 1
Mike Gill (PPCZ) 6
Petra Kovačec. (PPSI)
Samuel Vančo (MEPs) 1
Tomáš Adamec (MEPs) 1
Anne Herpertz (PP-DE) 1
Andrel (PPNL) 1
Martin CRONEL (PP-FR) 1
Katarina (PP-SE):1
Dario Castañé (PP-CAT) 1
Maija Li Raudaskoski (PP-FI) 1
Raman Ojha (YPE)
Charalampos Kyritsis(YPE)

NO:
Abstain:

As suggested by Dario, a discussion on Pegasus was added to the agenda, following no objections. The agenda is approved.

https://wiki.ppeu.net/doku.php?id=motion_for_changes_to_the_statutes_to_allow_non_pirate_party_parties_as_full_members_of_the_association

Discussion:
The proposal is presented by Jasmin.
Resume: The motions are at the article 7. The requirement for a party to become a member , don’t need to have the name Pirate or any translation . But they will need to have the pirate logo somewhere visible if it is allowed by the local law.

The point is postponed to the next Council Meeting due to a problem with the wording and the quorum for Statutes changes not being met.

Alios proposes a straw poll on the motion:
Question for straw poll: Would you vote in favour or against of the proposal (in case the “and/or issue” is fixed and the quorum would reached)?

In favour:
Mike Gill (PPCZ) 6
Raman Ojha (YPE) 1
Dario Castañé (PP-CAT) 1
alios (PP-DE) 1
Petra Kovačec (PPSI) 1
Charalampos Kyritsis (YPE) 1
Anne Herpertz (PP-DE) 1
Katarina (PP-SE) 1
Samuel Vančo (MEPs) 1
Tomáš Adamec (MEPs) 1
Andrel (PPNL) 1
Maija Li Raudaskoski (PP-FI) 1

Against:
Abstain:
Martin CRONEL (PP-FR) 1

Proposal: Move the vote before the AOB:

In favour:
Raman Ojha (YPE) 1
Andrel (PPNL) 1
Charalampos Kyritsis (YPE)
alios (PP-DE) 1
Petra Kovačec (PPSI)1
Martin CRONEL (PP-FR) 1
Samuel Vančo (MEPs) 1
Tomáš Adamec (MEPs) 1
Dario Castañé (PP-CAT) 1
Mike Gill (PPCZ) 6

Against:
Abstain:

Reopen the nominations approved with no abjections
Break till 15:10 CEST, stop recordign and streaming in order to use Jitsi as open mic.
15:13: Back from the break.

Nomination of PP-NL:
Saira Sadloe (PP-NL)
Marco Confalonieri (member of PP-IT, PP-SE, Pirati)

Nominations are now closed

Presentation of nominies….
Election of Saira Sadloe for CoCC:
In favour:
Charalampos Kyritsis(YPE) 1
Dario Castañé (PP-CAT) 1
alios (PP-DE) 1
Mike Gill (PPCZ) 6
Petra Kovačec (PPSI) 1
Anne Herpertz (PP-DE) 1
Andrel (PPNL) 1
Martin CRONEL (PP-FR) 1
Katarina (PP-SE) 1
Samuel Vančo (MEPs) 1
Tomáš Adamec (MEPs) 1
Maija Li Raudaskoski (PP-FI) 1
Raman Ojha (YPE) 1

Against:
Abstain:

Election of Marco Confalonieri for CoCC:

In favour:
Charalampos Kyritsis(YPE) 1
Dario Castañ (PP-CAT) 1
Mike Gill (PPCZ) 6
alios (PP-DE) 1
Samuel Vančo (MEPs) 1
Tomáš Adamec (MEPs) 1
Martin CRONEL (PP-FR) 1
Andrel (PPNL) 1
Petra Kovačec (PPSI) 1
Anne Herpertz (PP-DE) 1
Katarina (PP-SE) 1
Maija Li Raudaskoski (PP-FI) 1)
Raman Ojha (YPE) 1

Against:
Abstain:

Both candidates elected unanimously

Mikulas Speach. https://european-pirateparty.eu/programme/

PPEU Working Groups: Agriculture, Maritime Affairs, Fisheries

Digital Affairs
Climate Action & Energy
Corruption and Lobbyism
Education & Culture
Foreign and defense policy
Migration and asylum policies
Social Affairs & Basic Income
Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds
Taxes
Economic and Financial Affairs
https://wntt.eu/topics/#PPEU_Working_Groups

Presentation from Jan Mares

The delegates of the Council took note of the CEEP 2024 programme and also the merchandising.

The Board will inform the member about the process and the outcomes.

Treasurer Report PPEU Council Meeting 17.09.2022

I can only give a brief interim report here, as the office year is still a while away.
Our finances are all linked in the PPEU wiki. What you can also see there is that only a few members are meeting their dues obligations. This leaves us with little room for spending when preparing a budget if we don't want to deplete our reserves.
This significantly cripples our work. However, in order to continue building the organization, it is necessary to allocate more money for actions, meetings and public relations.

We also cannot rely on board members or appointees to pay for everything out of their pockets. This is not how the European Pirate Party will work, it will not be as effective as we all hope it will be.
My urgent message is please pay your obligations.

Second Chamber
Etienne

Communication -The person responsible could not participate in order to present due health reasons

Content of the update: https://nuvol.pirates.cat/s/M8n6f6N8kES5nF8

Recently, we learned about new developments around State-sponsored spying against Catalanpoliticians and activists that we want to share with you all. Two very important topics have come to light: first, the spying has been going on outside our borders in other European States and, second, aparently, private persons have had access to Pegasus and similar tools.
Although the Spanish intelligence services have only recognized fifteen wiretaps, more than a thousand people have already been affected, including Spaniard registered residents in Belgium and other European countries. In other words, a fellow European state, Spain, violated other states 'jurisdictions'rights to privacy and communications.
But it gets worse. In Spain, independent research accredited such programs' use by intelligence services, various police forces, and even private entities. In Madrid, we currently have a criminal proceeding between the owners of a big department, who seem to have acquired Pegasus or similar licences from the Spanish security services in order to spy on each other. And this is not the only case in Spain. The Spanish Police itself, through the services of Commissioner Villarejo, seems to have “leased” the use of these programs to large Spanish companies, the so-called Ibex35.

Not only are these tappings a direct attack against fundamental rights, but they are also a fulldisplay of corruption. High-ranked police officers are getting bribes to lease a harmful service to target any individual for the highest bidder. But if you thought it was the bottom of the pit, wait for the last thing: the same independent research accredited that the Spanish government, on behalf of the intelligence services and police forces, paid a good share of Pegasus and other spywares licenses through fake purchases of Israeli weapons called “Ramón”.

The Catalan and Spanish situation is a clear case that we believe can be used to support a call to action against spyware.

—–Rudolf - PPSK joined , 1 vote?

Discussion on Legalisation of Cannabis and the process at the EU Parliament
No further discussion

Meeting closed at 16:43 CEST By Mikulas.