European Pirate Party
The European Pirates (PIRATES) or European Pirate Party (PPEU) is an association of parties aspiring to be recognised as a European political party by the European Union. It was founded on 21 March 2014 at the European Parliament in Brussels in the context of a conference on "European Internet Governance and Beyond",[1] and consists of pirate parties of European countries. The parties cooperate to run a joint campaign for the 2014 European Parliament elections.[2]

Julia Reda – the Pirate MEP for the 2014–2019 term.
European Pirate Party | |
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President | Mikuláš Peksa (CZ) |
Founded | 21 March 2014 |
Headquarters | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Ideology | Pirate politics Freedom of information Participatory democracy |
International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
European Parliament group | The Greens–European Free Alliance |
Colours | Black |
European Parliament | 4 / 705 |
European Council | 0 / 27 |
European Commission | 0 / 27 |
European Lower Houses | 30 / 9,874 |
European Upper Houses | 3 / 2,714 |
Website | |
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Markéta Gregorová, President of the European Pirate Party, in February 2019
The founding meeting elected Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Member of the European Parliament for Piratpartiet, as the first chairperson.[3] The party's members elected to the European Parliament are in The Greens–European Free Alliance.[4]
Members
Member parties
Country | Political party[5] | MEPs | National MPs |
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Pirate Party of Austria | 0 / 18 |
0 / 183 |
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Pirate Party | 0 / 21 |
0 / 89 |
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Pirate Party | 0 / 11 |
0 / 151 |
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Czech Pirate Party | 3 / 21 |
3 / 81 (Senate)22 / 200 (Chamber of Deputies) |
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Estonian Pirate Party | 0 / 7 |
0 / 101 |
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Pirate Party | 0 / 13 |
0 / 200 |
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Pirate Party | 0 / 74 |
0 / 577 |
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Pirate Party Germany | 1 / 96 |
0 / 709 |
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Pirate Party of Greece | 0 / 21 |
0 / 300 |
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Pirate Party | Not in the EU | 6 / 63 |
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Pirate Party | 0 / 73 |
0 / 315 (Senate)0 / 630 (Chamber of Deputies) |
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Pirate Party Luxembourg | 0 / 6 |
2 / 60 |
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Pirate Party | 0 / 25 |
0 / 150 |
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Pirate Party of Norway | Not in the EU | 0 / 169 |
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Polish Pirate Party | 0 / 51 |
0 / 100 (Senate)0 / 460 (Sejm) |
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Pirate Party Romania | 0 / 32 |
0 / 329 |
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Pirate Party of Slovenia | 0 / 8 |
0 / 90 |
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Pirate Confederation | 0 / 54 |
0 / 350 |
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Pirates of Catalonia | 0 / 54 |
0 / 350 |
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Pirate Party | 0 / 20 |
0 / 349 |
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Pirate Party Switzerland | Not in the EU | 0 / 200 |
Observer members
Country/region | Party[5] |
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Pirate Party Japan (日本海賊党) |
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Pirate Party of Bavaria |
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Pirate Party of Potsdam |
World | Pirate Parties International |
gollark: What if CODE GUESSING 17259815?
gollark: Heav suggested submitting an entry containing pro-esoserver propaganda which wouldn't run without it, but that seems vaguely petty.
gollark: Oh, it's actually very easy.
gollark: What *is* that?
gollark: I blame endianness, myself, somehow.
Notes
References
- PPEU founding & European Internet Governance and Beyond – Programme Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, PPEU
- "'Pirates' to run joint campaign in next EU elections". EUobserver. 16 April 2012.
- . euroelection.co.uk.
- "Greens – European Free Alliance". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- "Members – European Pirate Party". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
Literature
- Otjes, S. (2020). All on the same boat? Voting for pirate parties in comparative perspective. Politics, 40(1), 38–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395719833274
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