European Pirate Party

European Pirate Party
President	Mikuláš Peksa (CZ)
Founded	21 March 2014 (2014-03-21)
Headquarters	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Ideology	Pirate politics Freedom of information Participatory democracy Pro-Europeanism
International affiliation	Pirate Parties International
European Parliament group	Greens/EFA
Colours	Black
European Parliament	4 / 705
European Council	0 / 27
European Commission	0 / 27
European Lower Houses	12 / 9,874
European Upper Houses	3 / 2,714
Website
european-pirateparty.eu
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Markéta Gregorová, President of the European Pirate Party, in February 2019

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", and consists of pirate parties of European countries. The parties cooperated to run a joint campaign for the 2014 European Parliament elections.

Felix Reda – the Pirate MEP for the 2014–2019 term.

The founding meeting elected Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Member of the European Parliament for Piratpartiet, as the first chairperson. The party's members elected to 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 the board.

Member parties

Country	Political party	MEPs	National MPs
			Chamber	Members
Austria	Pirate Party of Austria	0 / 18	Federal Council	0 / 61
			National Council	0 / 183
Czech Republic	Czech Pirate Party	3 / 21	Senate	2 / 81
			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
			National Assembly	0 / 577
Germany	Pirate Party Germany	1 / 96	Bundesrat	0 / 69
			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
			Chamber of Deputies	0 / 400
Luxembourg	Pirate Party Luxembourg	0 / 6	Chamber of Deputies	3 / 60
Netherlands	Pirate Party	0 / 29	Senate	0 / 75
			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
			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
			National Assembly	0 / 90
Spain	Pirate Confederation	0 / 54	Senate of Spain	0 / 265
			Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
	Pirates of Catalonia	0 / 54	Senate of Spain	0 / 265
			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
			National Council	0 / 200

Observer parties

Country/region	Party
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

Former members

Country/region	Party
Croatia	Pirate Party
Romania	Pirate Party Romania

See also

• Pirate Party
• Pirate Parties International
• Young Pirates of Europe

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