Minutes of the 15th PPEU Council meeting
Meeting is hybrid: Luxembourg (live) and remote (https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPEU-CouncilMeeting)
1a) Opening of the meeting and registration of delegates Mikulaš opens the meeting at 13.00 cet
Ordinary members and respective membership fees:
https://wiki.ppeu.net/doku.php?id=ppeu:members:fees
PP-CAT (1 vote) present, exile
PP-CZ (5 votes) present, mike
PP-DE (2 votes) present, gregory
PP-FI (1 vote) present, maija
PP-FR (1 vote) delegated to maija until point 4. Gravfu joined at point 4.
PP-GR (1 vote) not present
PP-IS (3 votes) nope
Pirati (1 vote) present, marco
PP-IT (1 vote) nope
PP-LU (2 votes) present, carole
PP-NL (1 vote) present, andrel
PP-PL (1 vote) nope
PP-SE (1 vote) present, sara
PP-SI (1 vote) not yet
PP-SK (1 vote) present, rudolf
Special Observer members (with voting rights):
MEP delegation (2 votes) present, tomas
YPE (2 votes), present, maija
(20 votes in total out of 27 possible)
Treasurer reports that pp-ch and pp-no are not ordinary members anymore, due to lack of payment for two consecutive years.
1b) Welcoming remarks from the European Pirate Party chair
This happened while opening the meeting.
1c) Election of meeting chairs and minute takers
Candidates for chair: alessandro, veronika.
Candidates for minute takers: petra, mab, cal
c) Election of meeting chairs and minute takers https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/vote-15th-council-meeting-chairs-and-minute-takers/617
Meeting chairs: 16+
Minute takers: 16+
d) Approval of the agenda
YES (13): nl, cz, pirati, lu, de, se, ype, fr, fi
NO
ABSTAIN
2. Membership issues
a) Approval of New Members
– no new members have applied –
b) Information about lapsed Memberships
pp-ch and pp-no haven´t paid their dues for more than two consecutive years, which means they are no longer considered PPEU member according to our statutes.
Also not that PPCZ only has 5 votes now, due to their electoral result in the latest european elections.
c) Decision on Membership status of IT-partiet in Norway (change of names of Member party)
3. Decisions and discussions
a) Update on the ratification of the Common European Election Program (CEEP) and the Common Pirate Strategy (CPS) for the 2024 European Elections. See overview here 8 .
PPSI: I agree with the PPCZ that some points that needs to be discussed further in the CEEP.
b) 2024 European Parliament Elections.
b1) Election of Pirate lead candidates For the Upcoming elections.
- Candidates: Anja Hirschel and Marcel Kolaja
Presentation: Anja https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/candidacy-anja-hirschel/591/2
Marcel cannot be with us but he has the internet and joins us from a restaurant. His main points are rejecting fascists, worrying about the environment and fundamental freedoms. Leading Europe… The Commission is the next logical step. It is our turn to become architects for the future of Europe. \\(applause)
MarkAnthony asks about the cordon sanitaire. Marcel doesn't believe fascists and populist parties negotiate in good faith and it's not very useful talking to them. He prefers to seek dialogue with parties that share our democratic values.
Rudolf: Speech/comment about a general feeling of unsafety in Europe.(wrt current gov. in Slovakia)
Jan: UBI was mentioned in Anja's speech and it seeems to be an important/main topic for PPEU and PPI, but individual parties do not support it (like PPCZ, where it has been referred as a taboo).
Alessandro: it is a part of CEEP.
Mikulaš: we are electing a potential commissioner, the commission controls about 1% of EU gdp. There is no money for UBI at the commission level. It is unfair to ask a commissioner about this.
Marcel: Complex concepts which will ever have to be much more thoroughly researched before making any actual steps in the economy. I also think that it may turn out at some point in the evolution of the society that this would be a concept that we would have to adopt sometime in the future, maybe, maybe a distant future. But still I believe that that concept is worth exploring, keeping an eye on the job market and automation.
Phillip: Someday we will again have peace in Europe, when that happens, the process has already begun towards EU enlargement. Notably, EU membership for Ukraine and Moldova have been pushed near the top of the agenda. What are the main challenges you would with such an enlargement?
Marcel: poor connection :)
Anja: We have to define what is Europe and what is not, and this is a process that is currently happening. We have to make sure what the core of the European Union is and not let the right wing parties in the radicalist parties upbring and nationalism that will split us into several interests and and single ideas.
yep , both(20): cz, mep, io, lu, de, se, nl, cat, sk, fr, fi, ype
nope:
abst:
veronika chairs now.
gravfu arrives, pp-fr vote moves from maija to them.
4. Finances and discharge
a) 2023 Annual Accounts. https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/vote-2023-annual-accounts/621
yep (20): sk, nl, cz, mep, se, cat, io, lu, de, ype, fi, fr.
nope:
meh:
Marco complains that the board should note when/if they open and close any account. Alessandro reports that he won't pay anything without being invoiced explicitly.
b) Code of Conduct Council report
c) Discharge of the 2023 Board
yes(20): mep, fr de, sk, lu, se, cat, io, cz, ype, fi, nl
no:
meh:
5. Elections of the European Pirate Party Board
a) Chair
Candidate: Mikulaš
Yes (20): cz, sk, mep, lu, se, fr, nl, ype, fi, io, cat, de
Nope:
Meh:
b) Vice Chairs
Maija (question to all the VC candidates): what would your focus as VC be in terms developing the ogranisation?
Veronika: Continue my work on CEEP and take PPEU trought EU elecitons. Have previous experience with campaings and managing the PP bank accounts. Work for NGO, which gives me time and freedom to help the organsation grow.
Anja: Collaboration with Mikulaš, to gain more momentum for media recognition. Would like to support his work.
Florian: It just for having movement in the PPEU work. Basically the application and systems to post good collaboration and then try to get as much activity as possible.
Vote results:
Veronika (18): se, io, sk, fr, de2, lu2, nl, cat, cz5 , mep2, fi
Anja (16): se, sk, de2, lu2, nl, cat, cz5, mep2, fi
Florian (10): io, sk, fr, nl, cat, cz2, ype2, fi
Veronika and Anja are elected
c) Treasurer
Candidate: Alessandro
Yes (20): fr, mep, de, lu, io, se, nl, ype, fi, cz, sk, cat
No:
Abstain:
d) Ordinary Board Members
Candidates and results:
Giuseppe Calandra (17 elected): io, se, mep2, fr, cz5, cat, yep2, fi, nl, lu2
Jan Mareš: io, se, mep2, sk, cz5, cat, fi, de2
Petra Kovačec: io, se, mep2, fr, sk, cz5, cat, yep2, fi, de2, nl, lu2
Sara Hjamarsoon: io, se, mep2, fr, sk, cz5, cat, yep2, fi, nl, lu2
Sebastian Krone: sk, cz2, cat, de26- not elected
Florian Roussel: io, se, mep2, fr, cz5, cat, yep2, fi, de2, nl, lu2
Tim Ledig: fr, sk, yep2, fi
Petra - 20: elected
Florian - 19: elected
Sara - 18: elected
Giuseppe - 17: elected
Jan - 14: elected
Sebastian - 6: not elected
Tim - 5: not elected
Gregory (comment on Tim candidacy): letting the council know Tim L. was not supported by Internation coord of the German party nor the board.
6. Elections of the Code of Conduct Council
Candidates and results:
Petr (17): sk, se, cz5, mep2, io, de2, fr, lu2, cat, nl
Michal (17): sk, se, cz5, mep2, io, de2, fr, lu2, cat, nl
Umber (18): sk, se, cz5, mep2, io, de2, fr, lu2, ype2, cat
PPFI abstain on the vote
All elected.
7. Closing of the meeting
a) AOB
PPFR proposal: European Pirate Parties agree to the principle of a common press release in view of the European Elections which would be signed by their top candidates and sent to national press. The subjects and its content are still to be decided. A working group on the matter could be set up with PPEU's collaboration.
Mikulaš: Proposes to discuss this within the board. For international cooperation conntact Mab or the MEPs PR, to support your national campaigns.
Bastian: Asks about election of lay orditors.
Veronika: Elected for 3 years.
Andrel NL in chat: For those present in real life, when and where is the presentation tomorrow?
Mab: The presentation tomorrow was cancelled a month ago due to a few different issues. It was mentioned on discourse, but perhaps not as explicit as it could have been. sorry about that.
b) Final greetings
Yaaay all done <3