Millionaire heir donates Pirate Party 20-minute front page
Philippe Burger is donating 480,000 francs to the Zurich Pirate Party. Among other things, this money was used to fund a full-page ad on the cover of *20 Minuten*.
This report Watson and the Switzerland at the weekend. On Thursday, the Zurich edition of the commuter newspaper appeared 20 minutes with an advertisement cover. The front and second pages were adverts for the Swiss branch of the Pirate Party. The small party, which is relatively popular in Germany, ekes out a shadowy existence here and has never managed more than a 0.5 percent share of the electorate.
That could change at least a little thanks to the donation that PKZ heir and Pirate Party National Council candidate Philippe Burger has jumped at. He has paid no less than 480,000 francs into the party coffers. Among other things, it was invested in the aforementioned ad, which is said to have cost "a medium to high five-digit sum," as cantonal president David Herzog told CH-Media.
Burger says he is aware that his chances of winning a seat on the National Council are slim. Nevertheless, it is important to him that the population becomes more aware of topics such as digitization and data protection. The 30-year-old is convinced that the Swiss are "pretty much backwoods" in this respect. That's why he doesn't think the money spent on the ad is a waste of money - if it succeeds in drawing a few people's attention to the issue, he's satisfied.
Consequently, there is still a lot of money left over from the large donation. The Pirates do not yet want to reveal what they intend to do with it. However, according to President Herzog, they want to "continue to stir up the election campaign."
