Pirate party

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Pirate party
Piratpartiet.svg
Party leader vacant
Party leader Vincent van der Velde
founding March 10, 2010
Headquarters Amsterdam
Alignment Pirate movement
Colours) purple
Number of members 1736 (as of April 26, 2017)
International
connections
Pirate Parties International
European party European pirate party
piratenpartij.nl

The Piratenpartij , also Piratenpartij Nederland (short: PPNL ) is a Dutch party . It was founded informally in 2006, but was not officially registered as a party until March 10, 2010. She first took part in the Dutch parliamentary elections in June 2010 .

The party limits itself to a few key political statements. It wants to restrict Dutch copyright law, change patent law , protect and strengthen (digital) civil rights, make the work of the government more transparent and strengthen data protection in the administration.

The party is part of the international movement of pirate parties . She is a member of Pirate Parties International (PPI) and sees international cooperation as an essential way to achieve her goals.

On April 12, 2010 the Pirate Party announced that it would take part in the elections for the Second Chamber of the States General on June 9, 2010. The list of candidates consisted of 14 candidates, led by party leader Samir Allioui and the game developer Eva Jobse. It achieved 0.11% (10,471 votes). In the early parliamentary elections on September 12, 2012 , the party with the top candidate Dirk Poot almost tripled its share of the vote, but was still far from winning a mandate. In the nationwide local elections on March 19, 2014, the Pirate Party in the Amsterdam West District Council succeeded in gaining its first mandate in the Netherlands. In the parliamentary elections on March 15, 2017 , the Pirate Party received 0.3% of the vote.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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  2. Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 17, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.piratenpartij.nl
  3. http://www.piratenpartij.nl/partijprogramma
  4. Uitslag Verkiezing leden Tweede Kamer van June 9, 2010 ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kiesraad.nl
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  6. Kerngegevens Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 kiesraad.nl, accessed on October 10, 2019