European Pirate Party

European Pirate Party
European Pirate Party
Abbreviation	PPEU
President	Mikuláš Peksa (CZ)
Founded	21 March 2014; 10 years ago
Headquarters	1A Route de Luxembourg, L-8184 Kopstal, Luxembourg
Ideology	Pirate politics; Freedom of information; Participatory democracy; Pro-Europeanism
European Parliament group	Greens/EFA
International affiliation	Pirate Parties International
Colours	Black
European Parliament	1 / 720
European Council	0 / 27
European Commission	0 / 27
European; Lower Houses	12 / 6,312
European; Upper Houses	3 / 1,498
Website
	european-pirateparty.eu
	Politics of European Union; Political parties; Elections;

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 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 cooperated to run a joint campaign for the 2014 European Parliament elections.^[2]

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]

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 the board.^[5]

Member parties

Country	Political party^[6]^[7]	MEPs	National MPs
Country	Political party^[6]^[7]	MEPs	Chamber	Members
Austria	Pirate Party of Austria	0 / 18	Federal Council	0 / 61
Austria	Pirate Party of Austria	0 / 18	National Council	0 / 183
Czech Republic	Czech Pirate Party	1 / 21	Senate	1 / 81
Czech Republic	Czech Pirate Party	1 / 21	Chamber of Deputies	4 / 200
Estonia	Estonian Pirate Party	0 / 7	Riigikogu	0 / 101
Finland	Pirate Party	0 / 13	Parliament of Finland	0 / 200
France	Pirate Party	0 / 74	Senate	0 / 348
France	Pirate Party	0 / 74	National Assembly	0 / 577
Germany	Pirate Party Germany	0 / 96	Bundesrat	0 / 69
Germany	Pirate Party Germany	0 / 96	Bundestag	0 / 735
Greece	Pirate Party of Greece	0 / 21	Hellenic Parliament	0 / 300
Iceland	Pirate Party	Not in the EU	Althing	6 / 63
Italy	Italian Pirate Party	0 / 73	Senate	0 / 206
Italy	Italian Pirate Party	0 / 73	Chamber of Deputies	0 / 400
Luxembourg	Pirate Party Luxembourg	0 / 6	Chamber of Deputies	3 / 60
Netherlands	Pirate Party	0 / 29	Senate	0 / 75
Netherlands	Pirate Party	0 / 29	House of Representatives	0 / 150
Norway	Pirate Party of Norway	Not in the EU	Storting	0 / 169
Poland	Polish Pirate Party	0 / 51	Senate	0 / 100
Poland	Polish Pirate Party	0 / 51	Sejm	0 / 460
Slovakia	Pirate Party Slovakia	0 / 14	National Council of Slovakia	0 / 150
Slovenia	Pirate Party of Slovenia	0 / 8	National Council	0 / 40
Slovenia	Pirate Party of Slovenia	0 / 8	National Assembly	0 / 90
Spain	Pirate Confederation	0 / 54	Senate of Spain	0 / 265
	Pirate Confederation	0 / 54	Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
	Pirates of Catalonia	0 / 54	Senate of Spain	0 / 265
	Pirates of Catalonia	0 / 54	Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
Sweden	Pirate Party	0 / 20	Riksdag	0 / 349
Switzerland	Pirate Party Switzerland	Not in the EU	Council of States	0 / 46
Switzerland	Pirate Party Switzerland	Not in the EU	National Council	0 / 200

Observer parties

Country/region	Party^[6]
Bavaria	Pirate Party of Bavaria
Belgium	Pirate Party of Belgium
Brandenburg	Pirate Party Brandenburg
Europe	Young Pirates of Europe
Europe	Pirate group in the European Parliament
Serbia	Pirate Party of Serbia
Japan	Pirate Party Japan (日本海賊党)
Potsdam	Pirate Party of Potsdam
World	Pirate Parties International
Hungary	Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party^[8]

Former members

Country/region	Party^[6]
Croatia	Pirate Party
Romania	Pirate Party Romania

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.
^ [1] Archived 11 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine. euroelection.co.uk.
^ "Greens – European Free Alliance". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Board". European Pirate Party. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Members – European Pirate Party". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "Members". European Pirate Party - Wiki. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "MKKP granted observing membership".

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

External links

Official website

[1] PPEU founding & European Internet Governance and Beyond – Programme Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, PPEU

[2] "'Pirates' to run joint campaign in next EU elections". EUobserver. 16 April 2012.

[3] [1] Archived 11 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine. euroelection.co.uk.

[4] "Greens – European Free Alliance". Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[5] "Board". European Pirate Party. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[:0-6] "Members – European Pirate Party". Retrieved 4 July 2019.

[7] "Members". European Pirate Party - Wiki. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[8] "MKKP granted observing membership".

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