That's what I meant. Apparently, the old is the new fresh, or something like that. :-)
What I expect from them is representation of civil rights and personal freedom in society. And you don't even have to be part of the government to do that in Germany.
Just one question, you are from Germany, aren't you?
Yup (well, Bavaria, which technically does count). But while I do hope that the Pirates emerge as a new center for social liberalism, which was pretty much dismantled in the early '80s when the FDP turned towards a new wind, I'm a bit worried whether that's achievable. I would love to be wrong, but I can't see a coherent picture emerging from that much grassroots democracy.
Me too, the Bavaria part, and yes, we only technically count ;-). The only hope i have in the long run for the pirates, or whatever name the movement adopts one day, is that they are not going the way of any new party and turn the new greens eventually.
Considering that the biggest problem the Greens have right now is that basically every other party is pretty keen on environmental issues, too, and so they've become somewhat superfluous, I wouldn't mind the same happening to the pirates ;)
If you see it like that, you're right! I rather meant the fact that the green turned into yet another mainstream party with the same political infighting.
