Pirate Party is a label adopted by
political parties
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
around the world. Pirate parties support
civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life ...
,
direct democracy
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are repres ...
(including
e-democracy
E-democracy (a combination of the words electronic and democracy), also known as digital democracy or Internet democracy, is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in political and governance processes. The term is bel ...
) or alternatively
participation in government, reform of
copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...
and
patent law, free sharing of knowledge (
open content),
information privacy,
transparency,
freedom of information
Freedom of information is freedom of a person or people to publish and consume information. Access to information is the ability for an individual to seek, receive and impart information effectively. This sometimes includes "scientific, indigen ...
,
free speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recog ...
,
anti-corruption
Anti-corruption (or anticorruption) comprises activities that oppose or inhibit corruption. Just as corruption takes many forms, anti-corruption efforts vary in scope and in strategy. A general distinction between preventive and reactive meas ...
and
net neutrality. The name ''pirate party'' alludes to
online piracy; pirate parties do not represent oceangoing
pirates
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...
.
Pirate parties are often considered outside of the economic left-right spectrum or to have context-dependent appeal.
[Simon, Otjes (22nd January 2019)]
All on the same boat? Voting for pirate parties in comparative perspective
Political Studies Association, 2020, Vol. 40(1) no. 38–53 SAGE Publishing
SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California.
It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...
. Page 49: "This indicates that instead of not appealing along left-right lines at all, pirate party’s left-right appeal is context-dependent. Moreover, it is more closely related to sympathy for these parties than to party choice".
History
The first Pirate Party to be established was the
Pirate Party of Sweden ( sv, Piratpartiet), whose website was launched on 1 January 2006 by
Rick Falkvinge. Falkvinge was inspired to found the party after he found that Swedish politicians were generally unresponsive to Sweden's debate over changes to
copyright law in 2005.
The
United States Pirate Party was founded on 6 June 2006 by
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
graduate student Brent Allison. The party's concerns were abolishing the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reducing the length of copyrights from 95 years after publication or 70 years after the author's death to 14 years, and the expiry of
patents
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
that do not result in significant progress after four years, as opposed to 20 years. However, Allison stepped down as leader three days after founding the party.
The
Pirate Party of Austria
The Pirate Party of Austria (german: Piratenpartei Österreichs, PIRAT) is a political party in Austria and part of the global Pirate Party movement which advocates what has come to be known as Pirate politics. It is mostly known for opposing th ...
(german: Piratenpartei Österreichs) was founded in July 2006 in the run-up to the
2006 Austrian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 1 October 2006 to elect the 23rd National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.
The governing Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) suffered substantial losses and was unexpectedly over ...
by
Florian Hufsky and Jürgen "Juxi" Leitner.
The
Pirate Party of Finland was founded in 2008 and entered the official registry of Finnish political parties in 2009.
The
Pirate Party of the Czech Republic ( cz, Česká pirátská strana) was founded on 19 April 2009 by Jiří Kadeřávek.
The
2009 European Parliament election
The 2009 European Parliament election was held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making th ...
took place between the 4 and 7 June 2009, and various Pirate Parties stood candidates. The most success was had in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ...
, where the Pirate Party of Sweden won 7.1% of the vote, and had
Christian Engström elected as the first ever Pirate Party
Member of European Parliament (MEP).
Following the introduction of the
Treaty of Lisbon
The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is an international agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU). The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by the EU member s ...
, the Pirate Party of Sweden were afforded another MEP in 2011, that being
Amelia Andersdotter
Amelia Anna Matilda Katarina Andersdotter (born 30 August 1987 in Uppsala) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (2011–2014), elected on the Pirate Party list in the 2009 election.
Personal life
Amelia An ...
.
On 30 July 2009, the
Pirate Party UK
The Pirate Party UK (often abbreviated PPUK; in cy, Plaid Môr-leidr DU) was a political party in the United Kingdom. The Pirate Party's core policies were to bring about reform to copyright and patent laws, support privacy, reduce surveillance f ...
was registered with the
Electoral Commission. Its first
party leader was Andrew Robinson, and its
treasurer
A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The significant core functions of a corporate treasurer include cash and liquidity management, risk management, and corporate finance.
Government
The treasury ...
was Eric Priezkalns.
In April 2010, an international organisation to encourage cooperation and unity between Pirate Parties,
Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International (PPI) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Formed in 2010, it serves as a worldwide organization for Pirate Parties, currently representing ...
, was founded in Belgium.
In the
2011 Berlin state election
The 2011 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2011 to elect the members of the 17th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent government consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left lost its majority.
The SPD lost five ...
to the
Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, the
Pirate Party of Berlin (a state chapter of
Pirate Party Germany) won 8.9% of the vote, which corresponded to winning 15 seats.
John Naughton, writing for ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...
'', argued that the Pirate Party of Berlin's success could not be replicated by the
Pirate Party UK
The Pirate Party UK (often abbreviated PPUK; in cy, Plaid Môr-leidr DU) was a political party in the United Kingdom. The Pirate Party's core policies were to bring about reform to copyright and patent laws, support privacy, reduce surveillance f ...
, as the UK does not use a
proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
electoral system.
In the
2013 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013. Fifteen parties contested the elections, compared to just seven in the previous elections. The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties, the Independence Part ...
, the Icelandic
Pirate Party won 5.1% of the vote, returning three Pirate Party
Members of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
. Those were
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at th ...
for the
Southwest Constituency,
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson for
Reykjavik Constituency North and
Jón Þór Ólafsson for
Reykjavik Constituency South.
Birgitta had previously been an MP for the
Citizens' Movement (from 2009 to 2013), representing Reykjavik Constituency South. , it was the largest political party in Iceland, with 23.9% of the vote.
The
2014 European Parliament election
The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union, from 22 to 25 May 2014.
It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candid ...
took place between the 22 and 24 May.
Felix Reda was at the top of the list for
Pirate Party Germany, and was subsequently elected as the party received 1.5% of the vote. Other notable results include the
Czech Pirate Party, who received 4.8% of the vote, meaning they were 0.2% off getting elected, the
Pirate Party of Luxembourg, who received 4.2% of the vote, and the
Pirate Party of Sweden, who received 2.2% of the vote, but lost both their MEPs.
Reda had previously worked as an assistant in the office of former Pirate Party MEP Amelia Andersdotter.
On 11 June 2014, Reda was elected vice-president of the
Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament.
Reda was given the job of copyright reform rapporteur.
The Icelandic Pirate Party was leading the national polls in March 2015, with 23.9%. The Independence Party polled 23.4%, only 0.5% behind the Pirate Party. According to the poll, the Pirate Party would win 16 seats in the
Althing
The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (" thing fields" or "assemb ...
.
In April 2016, in the wake of the
Panama Papers
The Panama Papers ( es, Papeles de Panamá) are 11.5 million leaked documents (or 2.6 terabytes of data) that were published beginning on April 3, 2016. The papers detail financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 ...
scandal, polls showed the Icelandic Pirate Party at 43% and the Independence Party at 21.6%,
although the Pirate Party eventually won 15% of the vote and 10 seats in the
29 October 2016 parliamentary election.
In April 2017, a group of students at
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant un ...
formed a Pirate Party to participate in the
Associated Students of the University of California senate elections, winning the only third-party seat.
Czech Pirate Party entered the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...
of the Czech Parliament for the first time after the
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operat ...
held on 20 and 21 October 2017 with 10.8%.
Czech Pirate Party, after finishing at the second place at the
2018 Prague municipal election, held on 5 and 6 October 2018, with 17.1%, formed a coalition with
Prague Together
Prague Together ( cs, Praha sobě, lit=Prague for itself) is an association of independent candidates in Prague. It was created for the 2018 Prague municipal election by KDU-ČSL MP Jan Čižinský. The main representatives are Jan Čižinský a ...
and
United Forces for Prague
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
(
TOP 09
TOP 09 (name derived from cs, Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita, lit=Tradition Responsibility Prosperity) is a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. TOP 09 holds 14 seats in the Chamber ...
,
Mayors and Independents,
KDU-ČSL,
Liberal-Environmental Party
Liberal Environmental Party ( cs, Liberálně-ekologická strana, LES) is a green-liberal political party in the Czech Republic. It was established by Martin Bursík as a split from Green Party. The party is pro-European and supports Václav Ha ...
and
SNK European Democrats). The representative of the
Czech Pirate Party,
Zdeněk Hřib, was selected as a
Mayor of Prague. It is probably for the first time, when any pirate party has a mayor in one of the major cities of the world.
At the
2019 European Parliament election
The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peop ...
, three Czech Pirate MEPs and one German Pirate MEP were voted in and joined the
Greens–European Free Alliance
The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green and regionalist political parties.
Formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament, th ...
, the aforementioned group in the European Parliament that has previously included Swedish Pirate MEPs and German Julia Reda.
Common policies
While parties vary insofar as specific policies go, common themes of the Pirate movement include:
# Defend the
freedom of expression
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recog ...
, communication, education; respect the privacy of citizens and civil rights in general.
# Defend the free flow of ideas, knowledge and culture.
# Support politically the reform of copyright and patent laws.
# Have a commitment to work collaboratively, and participate with maximum
transparency.
# Do not support actions that involve violence.
# Use
free software
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, n ...
and
open source software,
open-source hardware,
DIY and
open protocols whenever possible.
# Politically defend an open,
participative and collaborative construction of any public policy.
#
Direct democracy
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are repres ...
/
E-democracy
E-democracy (a combination of the words electronic and democracy), also known as digital democracy or Internet democracy, is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in political and governance processes. The term is bel ...
#
Open access
#
Open data
Open data is data that is openly accessible, exploitable, editable and shared by anyone for any purpose. Open data is licensed under an open license.
The goals of the open data movement are similar to those of other "open(-source)" movements ...
#
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by cro ...
and
crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing involves a large group of dispersed participants contributing or producing goods or services—including ideas, votes, micro-tasks, and finances—for payment or as volunteers. Contemporary crowdsourcing often involves digita ...
Copyright and censorship
Some campaigns have included demands for the reform of
copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...
and
patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
laws.
In 2010, Swedish MEP
Christian Engström called for supporters of amendments to the
Data Retention Directive to withdraw their signatures, citing a misleading campaign.
International organizations
Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International (PPI) is the umbrella organization of the national Pirate Parties. Since 2006, the organization has existed as a loose union
[Pirate Parties International]
in the wiki of Pirate Parties International, retrieved 21 January 2011 of the national parties. Since October 2009, Pirate Parties International has had the status of a
non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...
(Feitelijke vereniging) based in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
. The organization was officially founded at a conference from 16 to 18 April 2010 in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, when the organization's statutes were adopted by the 22 national pirate parties represented at the event.
European Pirate Party
The European Pirate Party (PPEU) is a
European political party founded in March 2014 which consists of various pirate parties within European countries.
Pirates without Borders
Pirates Without Borders is an international association of pirates. Unlike Pirate Parties International (which accepts only parties as voting members and organizations as observing members), Pirates Without Borders accept individuals as members. The PWB see themselves as a basis for international projects. Through global cooperation, they strive to reveal the impact of multinational trade agreements on all people on Earth, and foster freedom and democracy.
PWB originates from an independent committee for the coordination of Pirate parties in German-speaking countries, known as DACHLuke (DACHL = Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Luxembourg).
Since the Pirate Parties International Conference 2011 on 12 and 13 March 2011, PWB is an "observing member" of Pirate Parties International. The previously independent project "pirate streaming" has become a part of Pirates without Borders since 3 May 2011.
Parti Pirate Francophone
In Parti Pirate Francophone, the French-speaking Pirate Parties are organized. Current members are the pirates parties in Belgium,
Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre ...
, France, Canada, and Switzerland.
European Parliament elections
2009
2013
*Held in 2013 due to Croatia's entry into EU
2014
1Party only participated in North West England constituency
2PPAT is in alliance with two other parties: The Austrian Communist Party and Der Wandel. The alliance is called "Europa Anders" and also includes some independents in their lists
3with Ecological Greens
4PPEE are campaigning for an independent candidate ( Silver Meikar) who supports the pirate program
2019
National elections
Elected representatives
Representatives of the Pirate Party movement that have been elected to a national or
supranational legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government.
Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...
.
Pirate Party of Sweden
*
Christian Engström,
MEP for
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ...
from 2009 to 2014
*
Amelia Andersdotter
Amelia Anna Matilda Katarina Andersdotter (born 30 August 1987 in Uppsala) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (2011–2014), elected on the Pirate Party list in the 2009 election.
Personal life
Amelia An ...
, MEP for Sweden from 2011 to 2014
Czech Pirate Party
Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
Since the
2021 Czech legislative election, only the following 4 MP are in office:
*
Jakub Michálek, MP for
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
since 2017
*
Olga Richterová, MP for
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
since 2017
*
Ivan Bartoš, MP for
Central Bohemia from 2017 to 2021, MP for
Ústí nad Labem since 2021, Leader of the
Czech Pirate Party and
Minister of Regional Development since 2021
* Klára Kocmanová, MP for
Central Bohemia since 2021
The following served as MPs from 2017 to 2021
*
Dana Balcarová, MP for
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
*
Ondřej Profant, MP for
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
*
Jan Lipavský, MP for
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
*
Lenka Kozlová, MP for
Central Bohemia
*
František Kopřiva, MP for
Central Bohemia
*
Lukáš Kolařík, MP for
South Bohemia
*
Lukáš Bartoň, MP for
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabitants.
The city is known worldwid ...
*
Petr Třešnák, MP for
Karlovy Vary
*
František Navrkal, MP for
Ústí nad Labem from 2019
*
Tomáš Martínek, MP for
Liberec
Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well prese ...
*
Martin Jiránek, MP for
Hradec Králové
*
Mikuláš Ferjenčík, MP for
Pardubice
Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monum ...
*
Jan Pošvář, MP for
Vysočina
*
Radek Holomčík, MP for
South Moravia
*
Tomáš Vymazal, MP for
South Moravia
*
Vojtěch Pikal, MP for
Olomouc
*
František Elfmark, MP for
Zlín
*
Lukáš Černohorský, MP for
Moravian-Silesian
*
Ondřej Polanský, MP for
Moravian-Silesian
*
Mikuláš Peksa, MP for
Ústí nad Labem from 2017 to 2019, then elected to European Parlament
Senate of the Czech Republic
The Senate (), literally "Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic", is the upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague.
Structure
The Senate has 81 members, chosen i ...
(in office)
*
Lukáš Wagenknecht
Lukáš Wagenknecht (born 24 September 1978) is a Czech economist, auditor and politician serving as a Senator of the Czech Republic representing Prague 8 district since October 2018. He is a member of the Czech Pirate Party. Wagenknecht also co ...
,
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
for
Prague 8
Prague 8 is a municipal district (''městská část'') in Prague, Czech Republic.
The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of municipal districts Prague 8, Březiněves, Ďáblice and Dolní Chabry.
See al ...
since 2018
*
Adéla Šípová,
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
for
Kladno since 2020
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven Institutions of the European Union, institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and in ...
*
Marcel Kolaja, MEP for
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
since 2019
*
Markéta Gregorová, MEP for
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
since 2019
*
Mikuláš Peksa, MEP for
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
since 2019
Former representatives
*
Libor Michálek
Libor Michálek (born 1968) is a Czech economist, politician, and whistleblower. He led successful corruption cases against the Czech National Property Fund and the Environment Ministry as former employees of both. He was the first Pirate Party ...
,
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
for
Prague 2 from 2012 to 2018
*
Mikuláš Peksa, MP for
Ústí nad Labem from 2017 to 2019
Pirate Party Germany
*
Patrick Breyer, MEP for
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
since 2019
Former representatives
*
Felix Reda, MEP for Germany from 2014 to 2019
Pirate Party Iceland
The Pirate Party ( is, Píratar) is a political party in Iceland. The party's platform is based on pirate politics and direct democracy.
History
The Icelandic Pirate Party was founded on 24 November 2012 by Birgitta Jónsdóttir (previously a m ...
*
Andrés Ingi Jónsson
Andrés Ingi Jónsson (born 16 August 1979) is an Icelandic MP, representing Reykjavík North as a member of the Pirate Party. He was first elected to the Alþingi in 2016 as a member of the Left-Green Movement and again in 2017, later leaving ...
, MP for
Reykjavík North from 2016, originally as a member of
the Left-Green Movement, member of the Pirate Party since 2021
* Arndís Anna Kristínardóttir Gunnarsdóttir, MP for
Reykjavík South since 2021
*
Björn Leví Gunnarsson, MP for Reykjavík North from 2016 to 2017 and for Reykjavík South since 2017
* Gísli Rafn Ólafsson, MP for
Southwest since 2021
* Halldóra Mogensen, MP for Reykjavík North since 2016
*
Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir, MP for Southwest from 2016 to 2017, for Reykjavík South from 2017 to 2021, and for Southwest from 2021
Former representatives (Iceland)
*
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at th ...
,
MP for Reykjavík South from 2009 to 2013, and for Southwest from 2013 to 2017
* Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir, MP for Reykjavík South from 2015 to 2017
* Einar Brynjólfsson, MP for
Northeast
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sep ...
from 2016 to 2017
* Eva Pandóra Baldursdóttir, MP for
Northwest
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each s ...
from 2016 to 2017
* Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson, MP for Reykjavík South from 2016 to 2017
*
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, MP for Reykjavík North from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2017 to 2021
*
Jón Þór Ólafsson, MP for Reykjavík South from 2013 to 2015 and for Southwest from 2016 to 2021
*
Smári McCarthy, MP for Southwest since 2016 to 2021
Pirate Party Luxembourg
The Pirate Party Luxembourg ( lb, Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg, german: Piratenpartei Luxemburg, french: Parti pirate du Luxembourg) is a registered political party in Luxembourg. The party follows the pirate political doctrine developed by the Sw ...
*
Sven Clement
Sven Clement (born 19 January 1989) is a Luxembourgish politician and MP of the Pirate Party Luxembourg.
He studied business informatics at the Saarbrücken University and has been occupying a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the Luxembourgis ...
, MP for
Centre
Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...
*
Marc Goergen, MP for
Sud
National parties
Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 40 countries,
inspired by the Swedish initiative.
See also
*
Copyleft
Copyleft is the legal technique of granting certain freedoms over copies of copyrighted works with the requirement that the same rights be preserved in derivative works. In this sense, ''freedoms'' refers to the use of the work for any purpose ...
*
Criticism of copyright
Criticism of copyright, or anti-copyright sentiment, is a dissenting view of the current state of copyright law or copyright as a concept. Critics often discuss philosophical, economical, or social rationales of such laws and the laws' imple ...
*
Internet freedom
*
Piratbyrån
Piratbyrån ( "The Pirate Bureau") was a Swedish think tank established to support the free sharing of information, culture, and intellectual property. Piratbyrån provided a counterpoint to lobby groups such as the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau. ...
*
Right to privacy
* ''
Steal This Film''
*
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay (sometimes abbreviated as TPB) is an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank Piratbyrån, The Pirate Bay allows visitors to search, download, and contribute ...
References
External links
Pirate Parties International– official website
{{Pirate Party
Anti-corruption parties
Civil liberties advocacy groups
Civil rights organizations
Computer law organizations
Copyright law
Digital rights
Direct democracy movement
Free and open-source software organizations
Freedom of expression organizations
Freedom of information
Freedom of speech
Intellectual property activism
Internet privacy organizations
Internet-related activism
Net neutrality
Open government
Participatory democracy
Patent reform
Political parties established in 2006
Politics and technology
Privacy organizations
Transnational political parties