Pirates of Catalonia ( ca, Pirates de Catalunya, PIRATA.CAT) is a
political party
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in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
. The party is based on the model of the Swedish
Pirate Party and is a member of the
Pirate Parties International
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, it supports intellectual property reform,
open access to culture and knowledge, transparency and direct democracy.
The party was founded in August 2010 and was officially registered as a political party in October.
[
] The party contested for the first time in an election for the
2010 Catalan election, held on 28 November 2010, where it got 6.489 votes (0,21%).
[
] The party held its first assembly on December 22, 2010 in Barcelona.
Electoral results
Cortes Generales
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The Congress of Deputies meet ...
Parliament of Catalonia
Local elections
The party ran candidates in local elections in May 2011. It gained two municipal councillors, one in Sant Fruitós de Bages and another in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. They tripled results in Barcelona, from 1767 votes (0.25%) to 4659 (0.77%). In Hospitalet they increased from 0.24% to 0.99%. In Lleida from 0.23% to 0.80%. In Mataró of 0.20% to 1.19% and Mollet, from 0.20% to 0.83%
(1) In the candidates list of
Candidatura d'Unitat Popular
The Popular Unity Candidacy ( ca, Candidatura d'Unitat Popular, , CUP) is a left-wing to far-left pro-Catalan independence political party active primarily in Catalonia, where it has political representation, but also in other autonomous communiti ...
.
(2) In coalition with Gent de Gramenet.
(3) In coalition with Imagina't Sant Fruitós - AM.
See also
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List of political parties in Catalonia
This article lists political parties in Catalonia represented in Parliament, their ideologies, leaders, number of MPs and their positions on Catalan independence.
Parties and coalitions in the Catalan Parliament
Smaller parties
Reference ...
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Pirate Party (Spain)
The Pirate Party ( es, Partido Pirata; short: ''PIRATA'', "Pirate") is a list of political parties in Spain, political party in Spain based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party (Sweden), Pirate Party. It was registered by the Ministry of the ...
Notes
References
External links
Official site{{Pirate Party
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
Republican parties in Spain
Political parties in Catalonia
Political parties established in 2010
2010 establishments in Spain