Next week we have the European Parliament elections. Any tip on any "mainstream" party which is strongly against this? I know for sure the Pirate Party but they would never get a seat, at least in my country
1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European_Free...
Also, if I correctly understand this table [2], then "Renew" (formerly "ALDE") is also opposed, so you don't need to adopt the leftist political ideology of the Greens as a package, just to get pro-privacy representation in the European Parliament. "Renew" does seem to be a viable "libertarian" alternative there. They also make some pro-privacy representations on their website. I don't follow European politics much, so I may be mistaken here. For example, I haven't looked into their voting record.
[1] https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/ [2] https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#negotia...
[1] For example, while being the Vice Commissioner for Human Rights (vice ombudswoman) in Poland, she stated that "It is worth, first of all, stating a few facts. First, violence has a gender, whether we want it to or not. Women and children are the victims, and men are the perpetrators." (video transcript translated with https://www.deepl.com, source in Polish: https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/dr-sylwia-spurek-przemoc-ma-...).
> men and women were equally likely to experience nonconsensual sex, and most male victims reported female perpetrators. [1]
[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sexual-victimizat...
[1]: https://mepwatch.eu/9/vote.html?v=134463
[2]: https://mepwatch.eu/9/vote.html?v=167712
However, its not that easy to find these results. I was looking quite a while to find this one.
[1] https://volteuropa.org/policies/european-democracy-act/open-...
Transform the Declaration on European Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade into a binding legal instrument, so that the Declaration is upheld at every step of policy making.
The Declaration that they mention is not from Volt, it's from the EU itself and can be found here: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/european-de...
Privacy and individual control over data
17. Everyone has the right to privacy and to the protection of their personal data. The latter right includes the control by individuals on how their personal data are used and with whom they are shared.
18. Everyone has the right to the confidentiality of their communications and the information on their electronic devices, and not to be subjected to unlawful online surveillance, unlawful pervasive tracking or interception measures.
Of course, given that this Declaration is signed by the same parties that are currently pushing the ChatControl measures being discussed doesn't fill me with much confidence.
Also - there is the question of EU legitimacy. Its structure is highly problematic, as are its politics vis-a-vis the US, NATO, Russia, Arab countries etc - and I'll naturally not open that whole discussion; my point is that I would also consider supporting dissolution of and/or secession from the EU. Not because friendly and cooperative inter-relations are bad for European countries - of course they are - but because the EU is not a good vehicle for that, it's a vehicle for realizing elite-minority political and economic interests.
Excuse the confusing mistype :-(
Voting for a party is a signal for other people and for the party itself. It may not be today but next time that they get that seat.