Pirate Party of Greece

The Pirate Party of Greece ( Greek Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας comma Pirathon Elladas ) is a political party in Greece. It is part of the international Pirate Party movement. It advocates for reform of copyright and exploitation rights, the abolition of patents and the protection of private data.

The party has no chairman, but is guided by a steering committee with seven members.

History

The party was founded on January 14, 2012 after five months of preparation by Giorgio Mariotti. On 10 February 2012, it was officially registered and at that time had 480 members. On April 15, she joined the Pirate Parties International.

The Pirate Party joined the parliamentary elections in Greece on 6 May 2012 in 31 of the 56 constituencies nationwide, reaching 0.51 %. In the election in June 2013 she came to 0.23 %.

Cleavage

In the course of 2013 it came to the exit of several founding members and members of the Steering Committee, including by Giorgio Mariotti and Michalis Petropoulos. This justified their withdrawal so that " machinations of the old system hijacked the party" would have. They founded a new party called ΠΕΙΡΑΤΕΣ - Αμεσοδημοκρατικό Κίνημα Ελλάδας ( Pirates - Movement for Direct Democracy Greece).