given the US bra bra bra.. and Sweden being socialist and all that.. in which sense (spanish sense9 the conservative party is conservative? social values?
And second.. piracy party? this has to do with itnernet, isn't it? not with foreign policy and Somalia? I mean they are neo-con or computer users (or freaks as I would call myself)?
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The Pirate Party | Piratpartiet
Introduction to Politics and Principles The Pirate Party wants to fundamentally reform copyright law, get rid of the patent system, and ensure that citizens' rights to privacy are respected. With this agenda, and only this, we are making a bid for representation in the European and Swedish parliaments.
The Pirate Party wants to fundamentally reform copyright law, get rid of the patent system, and ensure that citizens' rights to privacy are respected. With this agenda, and only this, we are making a bid for representation in the European and Swedish parliaments.
In economic policy the two blocs are pretty tightly wrapped around a center of low inflation (high unemployment) - independent central bank, high taxation (considering international comparisions) and generous welfare benefits (but not for all). The minor differences are played up to be system-altering. Still, the neo-libs are to the right of the socialists. :)
Conservative is mostly on the social axis. Though the scale might be somewhat different form the spanish one. Last year same-sex marriage was voted through parliament with everyone against Kristdemokraterna. Kristdemokraterna made a last ditch attempt with a minority opinion to seperate church and state more with civil unions for all.
More on the blocs can be read at someone's Swedish election thread from 2006.
Bernard gave a good link, though I feel compelled to add some of my previous diaries. The Pirates of Sweden from early 2006. The Pirate Bay is back up and demonstrations in Sweden sums up the boost after the TPB-raid. And Swedish politics: Rascism, Scandals and Piracy, Part 3: Piracy adds the election results of 2006. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
