26-501: Youth wings Subnational Multi-national The European Pirates ( PIRATES ) or European Pirate Party ( PPEU ) is a pirate European political alliance . Despite its organisation and sometimes being referred to as a "European party" or "transnational party", the European Pirate Party does not meet the requirements to register as a European political party . The European Pirates were founded on 21 March 2014 at
52-649: A Pirate Party to participate in the Associated Students of the University of California senate elections, winning the only third-party seat. The Czech Pirate Party entered the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament for the first time after the election held on 20 and 21 October 2017, with 10.8% of the vote. The Czech Pirate Party , after finishing in second place with 17.1% of
78-535: Is a strain of political thought that supports civil liberties and rights , or which emphasizes the supremacy of individual rights and personal freedoms over and against any kind of authority (such as a state , a corporation , social norms imposed through peer pressure and so on). In the domain of libertarian philosophy, the primary concern of civil libertarians is the relationship between government and individuals. In theory, civil libertarians seek to restrict this relationship to an absolute minimum in which
104-567: Is based on the idea that the Internet is a public space where individuals can access, share, and create content freely without government censorship or control. They contend that government and corporate interference in cyberspace violates the right to live as one wishes, without fear or coercion and they assert that citizens should have the right to express their opinions freely and without restriction, even if those opinions are controversial or unpopular. The Pirate Party's emphasis on these concepts
130-513: Is consistent with the tenets of civil libertarianism and cyberlibertarianism . While the name pirate party originally alluded to online piracy , members have made concerted efforts to connect pirate parties to all forms of piracy , from pirate radio to the Golden Age of Pirates . Pirate parties are often considered outside of the economic left–right spectrum or to have context-dependent appeal. The first Pirate Party to be established
156-569: The Data Retention Directive to withdraw their signatures, citing a misleading campaign. Pirate Parties International (PPI) is the umbrella organization of the national Pirate Parties. Since 2006, the organization has existed as a loose union 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
182-507: 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 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 ( German : Piratenpartei Österreichs )
208-798: The Pirate Party UK was registered with the Electoral Commission . Its first party leader 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. In the 2011 Berlin state election to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin , the Pirate Party of Berlin (a state chapter of Pirate Party Germany ) won 8.9% of
234-635: 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. As of 2015 , it was the largest political party in Iceland, with 23.9% of the vote. The 2014 European Parliament election took place between 22 and 24 May. Felix Reda
260-603: The 4 and 7 June 2009, and various Pirate Parties stood candidates. The most success was had in Sweden , 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 . On 30 July 2009,
286-570: The European Parliament are in The Greens–European Free Alliance . In November 2020, a new board was elected. Mikuláš Peksa was confirmed as a chairperson, Florie Marie ( France ) and Katla Hólm Vilbergs Þórhildardóttir ( Iceland ) were elected as chairperson. Alessandro Ciofini ( Italy ), Lukáš Doležal, Jan Mareš (both Czech Republic ) and Mia Utz, Oliver Herzig (both Germany ) were elected as ordinary members of
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#1732775847016312-494: The European Parliament in Brussels in the context of a conference on " European Internet Governance and Beyond" , and consists of pirate parties of European countries. The parties cooperated to run a joint campaign for the 2014 European Parliament elections . The founding meeting elected Amelia Andersdotter , Swedish Member of the European Parliament for Piratpartiet , as the first chairperson. The party's members elected to
338-721: The French-speaking Pirate Parties are organized. Current members are the pirates parties in Belgium, Côte d'Ivoire , France, Canada, and Switzerland. Held in 2013 due to Croatia's entry into EU Party only participated in North West England constituency PPAT 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 with Ecological Greens PPEE are campaigning for an independent candidate ( Silver Meikar ) who supports
364-662: The Pirate Party would win 16 seats in the Althing . In April 2016, in the wake of the Panama Papers 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
390-761: The aim of encouraging innovation and creativity . This often involves opposition to patent-based monopolies. Furthermore, Pirate Party members tend to support the use of free and open-source software , free sharing of knowledge ( open content and open access ), information privacy , transparency , freedom of information , free speech , anti-corruption , net neutrality , importance of cybersecurity and protecting digital infrastructure from threats, decentralized technologies and platforms, self-governance in online spaces, strong encryption and anonymity to protect personal data and individual privacy both online and offline from mass surveillance , censorship and Big Tech 's misuse. Their libertarian philosophy
416-497: The board. Pirate politics Youth wings Subnational Multi-national Pirate Party is a label adopted by certain political parties around the world. These parties typically espouse a set of values and policies related to civil rights , digital rights , internet freedom , direct democracy (including e-democracy ), and participatory democracy . Additionally, they often advocate for reforms of copyright and patent laws to make them more flexible and open, with
442-555: The mayor of a major world city. At the 2019 European Parliament election , three Czech Pirate MEPs and one German Pirate MEP were voted in and joined the Greens–European Free Alliance , the aforementioned group in the European Parliament that had previously included Swedish Pirate MEPs and German Julia Reda. 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
468-511: 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,
494-491: The pirate program Representatives of the Pirate Party movement that have been elected to a national or supranational legislature . Since the 2021 Czech legislative election , only the following 4 MP are in office: The following served as MPs from 2017 to 2021: Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 40 countries, inspired by the Swedish initiative. Civil libertarianism Civil libertarianism
520-471: The state can function and provide basic services and securities without excessively interfering in the lives of its citizens. One key cause of civil libertarianism is upholding free speech . Specifically, civil libertarians oppose bans on hate speech and obscenity. Although they may or may not personally condone behaviors associated with these issues, civil libertarians hold that the advantages of unfettered public discourse outweigh any disadvantages, and that
546-492: The vote in the 2018 Prague municipal election held on 5 and 6 October 2018, formed a coalition with Prague Together and United Forces for Prague ( TOP 09 , Mayors and Independents , KDU-ČSL , Liberal-Environmental Party and SNK European Democrats ). The representative of the Czech Pirate Party , Zdeněk Hřib , was selected to be Mayor of Prague . This was probably the first time a pirate party member became
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#1732775847016572-586: The vote, which corresponded to winning 15 seats. John Naughton , writing for The Guardian , argued that the Pirate Party of Berlin's success could not be replicated by the Pirate Party UK , as the UK does not use a proportional representation electoral system. In the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election , the Icelandic Pirate Party won 5.1% of the vote, returning three Pirate Party Members of Parliament . Those were Birgitta Jónsdóttir for
598-467: 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 only 0.2% shy of 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
624-558: Was founded in July 2006 in the run-up to the 2006 Austrian legislative election 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 ( Czech : Česká pirátská strana ) was founded on 19 April 2009 by Jiří Kadeřávek. The 2009 European Parliament election took place between
650-555: 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. The European Pirate Party ( PPEU ) is a European political alliance founded in March 2014 which consists of various pirate parties within European countries. It is not currently registered as a European political party . In Parti Pirate Francophone,
676-458: Was the Pirate Party of Sweden ( Swedish : 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
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