[cabalamat]

> Very few europeans have any understanding of how the EU legislative process works

This is true. I'm trying to combat this (in the UK) with http://www.euroelection.co.uk/

> or feel like they have anything to do with it.

Which is why turnout is low and falling.

> These laws are pretty technical and the people making them have no understanding of the issues.

Hopefully the situation will be better in the EP after 2014, if more Pirates are elected (there are 2 at present). Then it will be a lot harder for lobbyists to baffle people with bullshit on internet and copyright issues.

[popee]

Can you define Pirate party politics? When you think about it's not party, it's movement and because of that it should ugrently define coherent politics or it will be 'less elected'. Pirates don't have consistetnt politics! I had impression it's center to left, but talking to some member i got impression that spectrum is from total right to total left. Btw i'm (still) party memeber, but i don't freaking like when some conservative facebook hipsters (that, for example, don't know anything about GPL) talk about what it's all about. Sad stuff :-(

[cabalamat]

> Can you define Pirate party politics?

Yes; Pirates are a civil liberty party (actaully a series of parties) for the interent age. We want freedom on the internet. We also care about over-reaching intellectual property laws in other fields, e.g. where drug patents kill people.

> When you think about it's not party, it's movement

Pirate Parties are political parties. They are also part of a milieu of wider movements such as file sharing, creative commons, free software / open source, Anonymous.

> and because of that it should ugrently define coherent politics or it will be 'less elected'.

If you mean that Pirates need to have polices on what are not core Pirate issues, in order to get elected, I agree.

> Pirates don't have consistetnt politics! I had impression it's center to left, but talking to some member i got impression that spectrum is from total right to total left.

It's true that not every Pirate is of the same mind on every issue. This is also the case with all other political parties.

Speaking about Pirate Party UK (of which I am a Governor) I would describe it as broadly center-left.

> but i don't freaking like when some conservative facebook hipsters (that, for example, don't know anything about GPL) talk about what it's all about.

If they are wrong on something, then I suggest you point that out to them.