This week, Amelia is in Strasbourg for the plenary session. These are her scheduled meetings:

Tuesday

16-18 Greens/EFA Internet Core Group Meeting

18:30-19 Meeting with MEP Paul Rübig on ACTA

19-21 Greens/EFA Group Meeting

Last sunday, the Pirate Party Germany reached another milestone. With 7.8 percent of the vote, 20 pirates are entering the parliament of Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The Pirate Party is now present in four of Germany's 16 states, having scored well above 5 percent in every election since the Berlin elections in September 2011. The 20 delegates make up the largest Pirate parliamentary group to date.

Last month, the northern German town of Neumünster saw well over 1500 pirates, as well as hundreds of press representatives and guests gather for the Pirate Party Germany's national assembly, making it the largest gathering in the history of the party. Since entering the Berlin state parliament in late 2011, the Pirate Party Germany (PP-DE) has not only doubled in size, but has also started raising international attention.