The Deputy of the European Parliament and the harshest critic of the EU copyright reform, Julia Reda, has announced a few weeks before the European election, their resignation from the pirate party. In a Video that you spread on Wednesday evening, via Twitter, explained Reda this with complaints of sexual harassment against its former Bureau chief Gilles Bordelais.
Bordelais occurs in the European elections on may 26. May for the pirates on the list 2. On the Website of the pirate in the Name is Gilles Bordelais on list 2, however, there is – unlike the other candidates – no photo and no further Information.
Bordelais had put up his candidacy in February, actually, “for personal reasons”. But he had then filed according to the party, without their Knowledge, the Federal returning officer with the necessary documents to run.
The pirate party was by Bordelais deceived, but the Federal Board is that there is no handle to remove it from the choice list.
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“So that someone should not be elected”
Reda called on in the Video to give the pirate party have no voice. “I’m not going to choose the pirate in the European elections,” she says. “In fact, I’m kicking today off of the pirate party.”
The reason for this is that the Bordelais am on the electoral list. “Gilles has harassed multiple women in Parliament”, says Reda. The competent authority in the European Parliament concluded, “that aspects of his behavior constitute sexual harassment”.
“So someone may not get elected,” says Reda. Every vote for the pirates could be the voice, thanks to the Bordelais to the Parliament could move in.
“Choose a party that has engaged against the upload filter. But chooses not to, the pirate party,” says Reda.
The behavior of your Ex-employee’s have to say her and her Team “a severe blow”, Reda. The German politician had become a prominent face of the resistance against the Reform of the EU copyright rules. At the time of the vote in the European Parliament, the advocates of but are. “Would Gilles have been, then we would have won, maybe,” says Reda in the Video.
In a longer Version of the video, Reda explains more backgrounds. She had asked the Parliament’s administration, in the case of the Bordelais is employed, to terminate your employees. According to Redas the notice in November was pronounced with a period of notice up to in the month of may.
pirate’s promise “transparency and determination”
The pirate party thanked Julia Reda for their work. “We regret their departure from the party,” said the Federal Board on the Website. You have to represent “the interests of the people” and was “at any time, technically competent and future-oriented”. To is the of Reda expressed reproaches it: “We will respond with transparency and determination to the incident, the Julia Reda speaks to.”
FDP-Chef Christian Lindner called Redas decision on Twitter, a “bold decision” and paid their respect. He thanked Reda for the recommendation to your supporters to choose another party, which is advocating for a free Internet.
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