European pirate party

European pirate party
Party leader	Mikuláš Peksa
founding	4th September 2013
Place of foundation	Luxembourg
Headquarters	Brussels
Youth organization	Young Pirates of Europe
Parliament seats	4/705
Number of members	21 parties
EP Group	Greens / EFA
Website	european-pirateparty.eu

Pirate Jens Stomber at the presentation of the PPEU on the 30C3

The European Pirate Party (English: European Pirate Party , and European pirates , symbol: PPEU and PIRATES ) is a political party at European level , which was officially founded in September, 2013. The pirate parties of the European Union and other European countries are organized in it.

Program

The principles of the European pirates are described in a manifesto.

The PPEU advocates strengthening fundamental rights and an end to surveillance. This also includes the protection of whistleblowers and the protection of privacy . Furthermore, the PPEU is striving for more democracy, for example through the introduction of referendums , a democratic reform of the EU treaties and the ability of the EU Parliament to be able to submit its own draft laws - at the moment it cannot do that, but only through the draft laws of the EU Commission vote. Public organizations, particularly governments, are required to be transparent in order to fight corruption and enable the population to make informed decisions. The PPEU continues to advocate a reform of copyright law that makes copyright law socially balanced and timely by making more concessions to authors and the general public at the expense of rights exploiters. There should be a stronger binding of rights to authors compared to rights exploiters and total buyout contracts should be prohibited, a right to remix should be introduced and non-commercial file sharing and streaming of copyrighted works should be legalized. Likewise, to patent law reform. The PPEU rejects patents on simple ideas, business models or algorithms, as well as unethical patents such as on human genes. Publicly funded research and publicly collected data should be freely accessible to everyone. The PPEU is also committed to net neutrality and the promotion of free software .

history

After the founding of Piratpartiet in Sweden on 1 January 2006 more pirate parties emerged throughout Europe, and later worldwide. In the same year, these parties were loosely networked. In June 2007, representatives of the pirate parties of Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Poland, Spain, Ireland, Denmark and Finland met for the first time for an international conference in Vienna . At a further conference in Uppsala in 2008 , common principles for the upcoming European elections in 2009 were defined, the so-called Uppsala Declaration :

• The reform of copyright law , in particular the legalization of non-commercial file sharing and live streaming of works protected by copyright and the shortening of the term of protection in copyright law; Rejection of blanket media or hardware fees and prohibition of DRM technologies;
• Reform of patent law so as not to hinder innovation; Among other things, an EU study on the economic effects of patent law is required;
• Strengthening civil rights through transparency in government work, fast and fair court proceedings, the right to freedom of expression and the right to anonymous communication, including via digital communication channels.

The Pirate Parties International (PPI) was also set up in Uppsala . In the European elections, pirate parties competed in Sweden and Germany . The Swedish Pirate Party achieved 7.1% and one mandate and another mandate after the Lisbon Treaty came into force . The Pirate Party Germany reached 0.9%.

The establishment of a separate European pirate party was first discussed in early 2012 with a view to the upcoming European elections in 2014 . In April 2012, 25 parties agreed on the Prague Declaration , which laid the foundations for a joint election in 2014. In the course of 2012 and 2013, the establishment of the PPEU was prepared at several conferences. On September 4, 2013, the statutes and manifesto of the PPEU were signed in Luxembourg.

During the PPEU conference European Internet Governance and Beyond on March 21, 2014, the board was elected for the first time, thus completing the founding process.

European elections 2014

The PPEU ran with Amelia Andersdotter and Peter Sunde as the top candidates for the 2014 European elections . In eleven countries their member parties competed independently, in another five countries they entered into electoral alliances with other parties. The Czech Pirate Party achieved the best results with 4.8% and the Luxembourg Pirate Party with 4.2%. Julia Reda from Germany entered the European Parliament as the only candidate for the PPEU . She joined the group The Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament (Greens / EFA) as an individual member and was elected there as one of the six deputy group chairmen.

European elections 2019

The PPEU entered the European elections in 2019 with a common European election program that was decided on February 9, 2019 at the CEEP19. Its member parties competed independently in thirteen countries. The Czech Pirate Party achieved the best results with 13.95% and the Luxembourg Pirate Party with 7.7%. A total of four candidates entered the European Parliament. Dr. Patrick Breyer for the German pirates and Marcel Kolaja , Markéta Gregorová and Mikuláš Peksa for the Czech pirates.

organization

The highest body of the European Pirate Party is the Council . The council determines, among other things, the political foundations of the PPEU, elects the board and determines the financial plan of the organization. The Council is composed of the delegations of the full members. Observing members have the right to speak. The number of votes per member depends on the number of votes and the proportion of votes in the last national or European parliamentary election. Currently, all members except the Czech Republic (five votes), Germany (three), Iceland (three) and Luxembourg (two) each have one vote. In addition, the group of pirates in the European Parliament and the youth organization Young Pirates of Europe each have two votes.

The PPEU is managed by the Board of Directors. This consists of a chairman, two deputy chairmen, the treasurer and up to five other members. The board was first elected on March 21, 2014 at a council meeting in Brussels.

• Chair: Amelia Andersdotter ( Sweden )
• Deputy Chair: Martina Pöser ( Germany ), Maxime Rouquet ( France )
• Treasurer: Radek Pietron ( Poland )
• other board members: Antonis Motakis ( Greece ), Anders Kleppe ( Norway ), Gilles Bordelais (Germany), Paul Bossu ( Belgium ) and Cristian Bulumac ( Romania )

On July 18, 2015, a new board was elected at the first full assembly of the council:

• Chairman: Smári McCarthy ( Iceland )
• Vice-Chairs: Tale Haukbjørk Østrådal (Norway), Muriel Rovira Esteva ( Catalonia )
• Treasurer: Sven Clement ( Luxembourg )
• other board members: Antonios Motakis (Greece), Mikuláš Peksa ( Czech Republic ), Mattias Bjärnemalm (Sweden), Nina Konvalinka ( Slovenia )

After there was no election in 2016, a new board was elected on November 19, 2017:

• Chair: Oktavía Hrund Jónsdóttir (Iceland)
• Deputy Chair: "Antigone" (France), Markéta Gregorová (Czech Republic)
• Treasurer: Sebastian Krone (Germany)
• other board members: Tony Motakis (Greece), Ernst Spitaler ( Austria ), Oliver Herzig (Germany), (Catalonia), (Spain), Mikuláš Peksa (Czech Republic), Hrafndís Bára Einarsdóttir (Iceland)

Members

All political parties in Europe that agree to the PPEU's manifesto and have the term “pirate” in their name can become full members of the PPEU . Organizations that cannot be constituted as a party for legal reasons can also become full members. There is also the possibility for other organizations to become an observing member.

The following parties are members of the European Pirate Party:

country	Surname	General election	European elections 2014	European elections 2019
Belgium	Pirate Party Belgium	0.11% ( 2019 )	n / A	n / A
Germany	Pirate Party Germany	0.4% ( 2017 )	1.4%	1/96 0.7%
Estonia	Eesti Piraadi Party	n / A	1.8% 2
Finland	Piraattipuolue	0.6% ( 2019 )	0.7%	0.7%
France	Parti Pirate	0.0% ( 2017 )	0.2%	0.13%
Greece	Comma Piraton Elladas	na (2015)	0.9% 3	0.56% 3
Iceland	Píratar	9.2% ( 2017 )	not in the EU	not in the EU
Italy	Partito Pirata Italiano	n / A	5	0.23%
Catalonia	Pirates de Catalunya	0.0% 1 ( 2015 )	4th	0.07%
Croatia	Piratska stranka	na (2016)	0.4%
Luxembourg	Lëtzebuerg pirate party	6.6% ( 2018 )	4.2%	7.7%
Netherlands	Pirate party	0.3% ( 2017 )	0.8%	0.19% 3
Norway	Pirate party	0.1% ( 2017 )	not in the EU	not in the EU
Austria	Pirate Party of Austria	na (2017)	2.1% 3	n / A
Poland	Polska Partia Piratów	n / A	0.3% 3
Romania	Partidul Piraţilor	n / A	n / A
Sweden	Pirate party	0.11% ( 2018 )	2.2%	0.64%
Switzerland	Pirate Party Switzerland	0.4% ( 2015 )	not in the EU	not in the EU
Slovenia	Piratska stranka Slovenije 6	2.15% ( 2018 )	2.6%
Spain	Confederación Pirata	n / A	0.2%
Czech Republic	Česká pirátská strana	10.8% ( 2017 )	4.8%	3/21 13.9%

^{n / A} not started

¹Result in Catalonia in the Spanish parliamentary elections 2011

² Party-backed individual candidate

³ in an electoral alliance

^4th started as part of the Confederacion Pirata

⁵supported L'Altra Europa con Tsipras

^6th Joined July 17, 2015

Observing members

• 日本海 賊党 (Pirate Party Japan, since July 17, 2015)

According to the statutes they are

• Youth organization Young Pirates of Europe and the
• Group of Members of the PPEU in the European Parliament

observing members, but with the voting rights of a full member.

Youth organization

→ Main article : Young Pirates of Europe

The youth organization Young Pirates of Europe (YPE) was founded in August 2013 and is based in Uppsala, Sweden . The founding members are the youth organization of eight European pirate parties.

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

Web links

Commons : PPEU  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• european-pirateparty.eu
• PPEU.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ В Люксембурге создана Пиратская партия Европы
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ Piratpartiet European Pirate Platform 2009 ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
4. ^ Pirate Party Germany Uppsala Declaration .
5. ↑ EU Observer 'Pirates' to run joint campaign in next EU elections
6. ↑ Step towards founding the European Pirate Party: the declaration of principle is signed in Luxembourg ( memento of the original dated August 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ European Pirates Conference on 20, 21 and 22th March 2014
8. ↑ https://www.piratenpartei.de/europawahl-2019/europaeisches-wahlprogramm/
9. ↑ Statutes of the European Pirate Party (English)
10. ↑ Pirate Parties International : A new political Party is born in Europe - say hello to the European PIRATES ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ [2]