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 ideological or pol ...

around the world. Pirate parties support civil rights,

direct democracy Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the Election#Electorate, electorate decides on policy initiatives without legislator, elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently establishe ...

(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 believe ...

) or alternatively participation in government, reform of copyright and patent law, free sharing of knowledge ( open content), information privacy, transparency, freedom of information, free speech, anti-corruption 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. 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 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 p ...

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 the ...

(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 ove ...

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

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, 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 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 Ande ...

. 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

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was Andrew Robinson, and its treasurer was Eric Priezkalns. In April 2010, an international organisation to encourage cooperation and unity between Pirate Parties, Pirate Parties International, was founded in Belgium. Czech Pirate Party press conference 4 June 2019

Czech Pirate Party press conference 4 June 2019

In the

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to the

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, the

Pirate Party of Berlin The Pirate Party Berlin (german: Piratenpartei Berlin) is the state chapter of the Pirate Party Germany in the city-state of Berlin and was the first chapter of the Pirates to enter a ''Landtag'' (state parliament), getting elected to the Abgeord ...

(a state chapter of Pirate Party Germany) won 8.9% of the vote, which corresponded to winning 15 seats.

John Naughton John Naughton (born 18 July 1946) is an Irish academic, journalist and author. He is a senior research fellow in the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at Cambridge University, Director of the Press Fellowship Prog ...

, writing for '' The Guardian'', argued that the Pirate Party of Berlin's success could not be replicated by the

, as the UK does not use a proportional representation 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 Party ...

, the Icelandic

Pirate Party Pirate Party is a label adopted by Political party, political parties around the world. Pirate parties support Civil and political rights, civil rights, direct democracy (including e-democracy) or alternatively Participatory democracy, partici ...

won 5.1% of the vote, returning three Pirate Party Members of Parliament. 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

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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. In April 2016, in the wake of the

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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 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

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of the Czech Parliament for the first time after the election held on 20 and 21 October 2017 with 10.8%. Czech Pirate Party, after finishing at the second place at the

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, held on 5 and 6 October 2018, with 17.1%, formed a coalition with

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and

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( TOP 09, Mayors and Independents, KDU-ČSL,

Liberal-Environmental Party Liberal Environmental Party ( cs, Liberálně-ekologická strana, LES) is a Green liberalism, green-liberal list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic. It was established by Martin Bursík as a split fro ...

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 peopl ...

, 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, 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 and open source software,

open-source hardware Open-source hardware (OSH) consists of physical artifacts of technology designed and offered by the open-design movement. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) and open-source hardware are created by this open-source culture movement and a ...

, 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 Election#Electorate, electorate decides on policy initiatives without legislator, elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently establishe ...

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 believe ...

Open access Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...

# Open data #

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 crow ...

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 and patent laws. In 2010, Swedish MEP Christian Engström called for supporters of amendments to the

Data Retention Directive The Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC), a directive, later declared invalid by the European Court of Justice, was at first passed on 15 March 2006 and regulated data retention, where data has been generated or processed in connect ...

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 unionPirate 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 (Feitelijke vereniging) based in Belgium. The organization was officially founded at a conference from 16 to 18 April 2010 in Brussels, 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,

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, 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 Supranational or supra-national may refer to: * Supranational union, a type of multinational political union * Supranational law, a form of international law * Supranational legislature, a form of international legislature * Supranational curre ...

legislature.

Pirate Party of Sweden

* Christian Engström,

MEP MEP may refer to: Organisations and politics * Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, a political party in Sri Lanka * Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956), a former political alliance in Sri Lanka * Maison européenne de la photographie, a photography centre ...

for

from 2009 to 2014 *

, MEP for Sweden from 2011 to 2014

Czech Pirate Party

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic The Chamber of Deputies, officially the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ( cs, Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky), is the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The chamber has 200 seats ...

Since the

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, only the following 4 MP are in office: *

Jakub Michálek The Czech Pirate Party or Pirates ( cs, Česká pirátská strana , abbreviated ''Piráti'' ) is a liberal progressive political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2009. The party was founded as a student-driven grassroots movement campaig ...

, MP for Prague since 2017 *

Olga Richterová Olga Richterová (born 21 January 1985) is a Czech linguist and politician. She was the vice-chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party from January 2018 to January 2022 and is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since the 2017 ...

, MP for Prague 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

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since 2021 * Klára Kocmanová, MP for Central Bohemia since 2021 The following served as MPs from 2017 to 2021 *

Dana Balcarová Dana Balcarová (born September 22, 1960, in Pardubice) is a Czech manager, environmentalist and politician, a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021, a representative of the Prague 9 district f ...

, MP for Prague *

Ondřej Profant Ondřej �ondr̝ɛjis a Czech given name, similar to English Andrew. * Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier * Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Čelůstka (born 1989), Czech footballer * Ondřej Cverna (bor ...

, MP for Prague *

Jan Lipavský Jan Lipavský (born 2 July 1985) is a Czech politician and IT manager, who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic since December 2021, in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala. A member of the Czech Pirate Party, he was previously a ...

, MP for Prague *

Lenka Kozlová Lenka Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song "The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as th ...

, MP for Central Bohemia *

František Kopřiva František Kopřiva (born 30 July 1892, date of death unknown) was a Czech wrestler. He competed for Bohemia at the 1912 Summer Olympics and for Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'� ...

, MP for Central Bohemia *

Lukáš Kolařík Lukas is a form of the Latin name Lucas. Popularity In 2013 it was the ninth most popular name for boys in Australia. Meaning and different spellings * Amharic - Luqas (ሉቃስ) * Arabic - Luqa (لوقا) / Luqas (لوكاس) * Armenian - Ղ ...

, MP for South Bohemia *

Lukáš Bartoň Lukas is a form of the Latin name Lucas (given name), Lucas. Popularity In 2013 it was the ninth List of most popular given names#Male names 5, most popular name for boys in Australia. Meaning and different spellings * Amharic - Luqas (ሉቃስ) ...

, 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 Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

* Petr Třešnák, MP for

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

* František Navrkal, MP for Ústí nad Labem from 2019 *

Tomáš Martínek Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur * Tomáš Berd ...

, 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 preser ...

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, 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 Cultural monu ...

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, MP for Vysočina *

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, MP for South Moravia *

Tomáš Vymazal Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur * Tomáš Berdych ( ...

, MP for South Moravia *

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, MP for Olomouc * František Elfmark, MP for Zlín *

Lukáš Černohorský Lukáš Černohorský (born 19 November 1984) is a Czech politician and IT analyst. He was the chairman of the Czech Pirate Party from August 2014 to April 2016 and a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament the from 2017 to 2021. In ...

, MP for Moravian-Silesian *

Ondřej Polanský Ondřej �ondr̝ɛjis a Czech given name, similar to English Andrew. * Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier * Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Čelůstka (born 1989), Czech footballer * Ondřej Cverna (bor ...

, MP for Moravian-Silesian *

Mikuláš Peksa Mikuláš Peksa (born 18 June 1986 in Prague) is a Czech biophysicist, activist and Czech Pirate Party politician. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 election, and sits as a member of the Greens–European Free Alli ...

, MP for Ústí nad Labem from 2017 to 2019, then elected to European Parlament

Senate of the Czech Republic (in office)

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for

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since 2018 * Adéla Šípová,

for

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since 2020

European Parliament

Marcel Kolaja Marcel Kolaja (born 29 June 1980 in Moravská Třebová) is a Czech software engineer, Internet freedom and digital rights activist and a Czech Pirate Party politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2019 elect ...

, MEP for Czech Republic since 2019 *

Markéta Gregorová Markéta Gregorová (born 14 January 1993 in Most) is a Czech politician, who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 election, representing the Czech Pirate Party. Gregorová serves as the Vice-Chair of the Delegation to t ...

, MEP for Czech Republic since 2019 *

, MEP for Czech Republic 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 ...

for Prague 2 from 2012 to 2018 *

, MP for Ústí nad Labem from 2017 to 2019

Pirate Party Germany

Patrick Breyer Patrick Breyer (born 29 April 1977) is a German digital rights activist, jurist, Pirate Party Germany politician, and – since 2019 – Member of the European Parliament (MEP). From 2012 to 2017 he was a member of the state parliament of Schle ...

, MEP for Germany 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 (Althing constituency), Reykjavík North as a member of the Pirate Party (Iceland), Pirate Party. He was first elected to the Alþingi in 2016 as a me ...

, 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 Björn Leví Gunnarsson (born 1 June 1976) is an Icelandic politician from the Pirate Party. He has represented Reykjavik South in the Parliament of Iceland The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supre ...

, 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)

, 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

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from 2016 to 2017 * Eva Pandóra Baldursdóttir, MP for

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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

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, MP for Centre * Marc Goergen, MP for

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National parties

Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 40 countries, inspired by the Swedish initiative.

References

External links

Pirate Parties International
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History

Common policies

Copyright and censorship

International organizations

Pirate Parties International

European Pirate Party

Pirates without Borders

Parti Pirate Francophone

European Parliament elections

2009

2013

2014

2019

National elections

Elected representatives

Pirate Party of Sweden

Czech Pirate Party

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic The Chamber of Deputies, officially the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ( cs, Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky), is the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The chamber has 200 seats ...

Senate of the Czech Republic (in office)

European Parliament

Former representatives

Pirate Party Germany

Former representatives

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 ...

Former representatives (Iceland)

Pirate Party Luxembourg

National parties

See also

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