Pirate Party
Being a pirate party to parties of different countries, which in its program to strengthen civil rights, more direct democracy and participation, reform of copyright and patent law, the free exchange of knowledge (Open Access), better data protection, respect the constitutionally guaranteed privacy, transparency call and freedom of information, free education and related topics propagate.
- 5.1 Piratpartiet (Sweden)
- 5.2 Pirate Party Germany ( PIRATES )
- 5.3 Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS )
- 5.4 Pirate Party of Austria ( PIRATE ) 5.4.1 Pirate Party Tyrol ( PPT)
Program
A Pirate Party sets itself the task to strengthen civil rights and to reform Intellectual Property Rights, as in the exchange lies the real value. Furthermore, it is effective for self-determination (data protection and privacy) and direct democracy - whether in the form of cash or referendum democracy. Meanwhile, other political issues are opened, such as education, environmental protection and consumer protection.
At the conference, the Pirate Parties International 2009 in Uppsala, Sweden, the European Pirate Parties adopted a joint statement on the program for the 2009 European elections, the main points of the declaration are. :
- The reform of copyright, particularly the legalization of private copying and the shortening of duration of protection in copyright law; Rejection of flat media or hardware levies and ban on DRM technologies;
- Strengthen citizens' rights through transparency in government work, quick and fair trial, freedom of expression and the right to anonymous communication on digital communication channels.
Public perception and criticism
The general public is aware of the Pirate Parties through its advocacy for reform of copyright, including the legalization of filesharing private copies. The Pirate Party of Germany received a warning for illegal uploads of music. Positive arrived initiated by organizations such as the pirate music pirates who organized free songbooks for kindergartens, for which no license fees must be paid, in the perception. In Russia, the creation of a " Pirate Party " was denied because the judiciary having regarded the name as illegal.
History
Bold print: mandate profit * Average of the constituencies in which the party took
The first Pirate Party was the Swedish Piratpartiet, which was established on 1 January 2006 under the leadership of Rickard Falkvinge. Your name, they had of the anti - copyright organization Piratbyrån which had previously founded the BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay. The music and film industry coined the term "pirate" to give so that people who are illegally copied content, a particularly negative connotation. The pirates attacked intentionally to this term to bring about a re-evaluation in the public discourse to occupy the political term is positive and to use them as so-called Geusenwort. Piratpartiet ( German: the Pirate Party ) coined the name of the other Pirate Parties, which were based on the Swedish model in various states in connection. In German-speaking shortly after this, the Pirate Party of Austria ( July 2006) and the Pirate Party were Germany ( September 2006). In October 2006, the umbrella organization Pirate Parties International was founded. In German-speaking countries was finally in July 2009, the Pirate Party Switzerland and Luxembourg founded in October 2009, the Pirate Party Luxemburg.
The first electoral success of the Pirate Party achieved the Swedish Piratpartiet in the European elections of 2009; It reached 7.1 percent initially a seat in parliament. With the Treaty of Lisbon, she won a seat to do so. In August 2009, two municipal mandates were won in Aachen and Münster from the German Pirate Party for the first time. Later in early 2013 was followed by more than 200 other municipal mandates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Spain. In the election to the House of Berlin 2011 Berlin, the Pirate Party reached 8.9 percent and moved into the state parliament. 2012 we moved into the diets of Saarland, Schleswig -Holstein and North Rhine- Westphalia. In October 2012, nominated by the Czech Pirate Party candidate was elected to a national parliament with the non-party Libor Michálek first time. The Icelandic Píratar succeeded in Althingwahl in April 2013 to collect the first Pirate Party faction strength in a national parliament.
Historically, the positions taken by the Pirate Parties positions in part to organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Chaos Computer Club returned, representing a resultant from the tech-savvy hacker culture hacker ethic. After that, the freedom of information and the free exchange of knowledge occupy a very high priority, and information is given their intangible quality not associated with ownership or property. A very important historical text to check out the Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow dar.
International organizations
Pirate Parties International
The Pirate Parties International ( PPI) is the umbrella organization Pirate Parties. This organization exists as a loose association of the hitherto existing national parties since 2006. Since October 2009 she has the status of a non-governmental organization ( Feitelijke vereniging ) based in Belgium. The official foundation with the adoption of the statutes was made at a conference from 16 to 18 April 2010 in Brussels by 22 represented national Pirate Parties.
The PP International supports and coordinates establishment plans of Pirate Parties around the world. In addition, it is used for internal communication. It has operated international forums and mailing lists. The PPI is led by a Board, Co -Chair are Grégory Engelsund Vojtěch Pikal.
Pirates without Borders
The Pirates without Borders (English Pirates without borders ) are an international group of pirates. In contrast to the PPI ( which receives only parties as voting members and organizations as observer members ) may be a member of the Pirates without Borders also individuals. The POG sees itself as a basis for international projects. The global cooperation should be pointing to -understand way, the impact of supranational trade and economic agreements for all people of this world and thus be strengthened awareness about the global nature of human rights in order to achieve more freedom and democracy in society. The Pirates without Borders originated from the vicinity of the roof hatch ( DACHL = Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Luxembourg ) designated, independent committee for the executive tasks of the working group for the coordination of the German Pirate Parties.
Since the PPI Conference 2011, 12-13. March 2011 the Pirates without Borders " Observer Member" of the Pirate Parties International.
Since May 3, 2011, the previously independent project "Pirate Streaming " one of the pirates without limits.
European Pirate Party
With regard to the 2014 European elections, the European Pirate Party ( engl. European Pirate Party, and European pirates, abbreviation PPEU ) was founded. The organization edits the contents of common European Pirate Parties in the European elections. It seeks official recognition as a political party at European level. The party was founded on September 4, 2013 in Luxembourg and has its headquarters in Brussels. In addition Pirate Parties of the European Union are also members Pirate Parties from other European countries PPEU. Top candidates for the 2014 European elections are Amelia Andersdotter and Peter Sunde.
Young Pirates of Europe
The youth organizations of the European Pirate Parties are in the organization Young Pirates of Europe ( YPE ). The YPE was founded on August 9, 2013 Vingåker (Sweden). Chairman is the former Young Pirate chairman Julia Reda from Germany. The YPE sees itself as Youth of the European Pirate Party.
African Pirate Party
The African Pirate Party was founded by the Parti Pirate Tunisie and the Tunisian think tank Takriz. Their activities are limited to Tunisia, Nigeria, Algeria and Congo.
Parti Pirate Francophone
In Parti Pirate Francophone French-speaking pirate parties are organized. Current members are the Pirate Parties of Belgium, Ivory Coast, France, Canada and Switzerland.
National pirate parties
There are currently 36 worldwide pirate parties officially registered, of which seven independent parties at the regional level. To this end, there are Pirate Parties with varying degree of organization in about 20 to 30 other countries.
Piratpartiet (Sweden)
The Swedish Pirate Party was the first Pirate Party worldwide. It was founded on 1 January 2006. In the European elections in 2009 Piratpartiet reached 7.1 per cent of Swedish voters initially a seat, after the enlargement of Parliament by the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty a second seat in the European Parliament. The Pirate Party of numerous media was falsely equated with the BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay. The Incoming MPs Amelia Andersdotter has 24 years also the youngest Member of Parliament. In the general election of 2010, with 38 491 votes could Piratpartiet and 0.65 percent of the votes recorded slight gains. 2011, more than two years after the European Parliament election, the Swedish Pirate Party was able to occupy their second seat in Parliament.
Pirate Party Germany ( PIRATES )
The Pirate Party Germany was registered with the Federal Election on 10 September 2006. Since 2008 she has participated in several state elections in part ( state election in Hesse in 2008 and 2009, state election in Hamburg 2008, state election in Saxony in 2009, state election in Schleswig -Holstein 2009) and could reach 0.2 to 1.9 % of the vote. Nationwide, she stepped on since 2009 and peaked at the European elections in 2009 and 0.9% in the general election in 2009 2.0%. Since 2010, she went to all that took place state elections and achieved 1.5 to 8.9 %. Between June and the end of the 16th Parliament in October 2009 belonged to the accreted by the SPD Jörg Tauss ( since May 2010 no longer a member of the Pirate Party ), a member of the Pirate Party in the Bundestag. The first elected mandates they received ( one seat each in Münster and Aachen ) in local elections in North Rhine -Westphalia in 2009. Meanwhile, the Pirate Party has 182 seats at the municipal level (as of May 2012).
In the election to the House in Berlin on 18 September 2011, the party first acquired the collection in a state parliament. On 25 March 2012, the Pirate Party in the second national parliament (Saarland ) was elected with 7.4%.
The number of members in Germany has increased by leaps and bounds between May 2009 ( shortly before the European elections ) and October 2009 ( shortly after the election ) and has approximately tenfold in this period to over 10,000 members. Since the beginning of September 2009, the Pirate Party is the largest of unrepresented parties in the German parliament. In May 2012, the number of members of the Pirate Party of Germany amounted to almost 30,000.
In the state elections in Saarland on 25 March 2012, the Pirate Party gained 7.4% of the vote and four of the 51 seats of the Saarland Landtag. In early May joined the hitherto non-partisan mayor of Eixen, André Bonitz, in the Pirate Party. With Bonitz, already since 2009 mayor of the municipality, the Pirate Party for the first time a mayor.
In the state elections in Schleswig -Holstein on May 6, 2012, the Pirate Party achieved a profit of 8.2 %, which six of the 69 seats in the Schleswig- Holstein Landtag. A week later, the party got the state election in North Rhine -Westphalia 7.8% of the vote, which it represents 20 of the 237 seats in the state parliament of North Rhine -Westphalia.
In the general election in 2013, however, the Pirate Party could with a result of 2.2 % over 2009 little growth and clearly failed to make the leap into the Bundestag.
Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS )
The Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS ) was founded on July 12, 2009 in Zurich.
In March 2010, the PPS took part in the local elections in Winterthur and the Grand Council election in Bern. In Winterthur, it achieved a mandate. In September 2012, a pirate was elected mayor in Eichberg for the first time. By entering the Geneva parliamentarian Didier Bonny in the Pirate Party Switzerland on 26 April 2013, it is first represented in a cantonal parliament.
Pirate Party of Austria ( PIRATE )
The Pirate Party of Austria ( PIRATE ) was founded in July 2006 by Florian Hufsky. On March 14, 2010, the Pirates took first in Bregenz at a municipal election in part and achieved 1.62% of the vote. The first mandate could be achieved in the local elections in Graz in 2012.
The pirates have no national chairman, but a federal board, which currently consists of five members with equal rights. The pirates do without the benefit of grassroots democracy consciously to a " party leader " to keep the structures of flat and hierarchical order and instead of a public focus to provide to the staff the program in the foreground.
Pirate Party Tyrol ( PPT)
Originally founded as a national organization of the Pirate Party of Austria, the Tyrol's Pirate Party was expelled in January 2011 after internal disputes and there since then as an independent party.
For the election of Innsbruck council in April 2012, the Pirate Party reached a mandate with 3.8 % of votes. The Mandatory was established in May 2012 - expelled from the party and voted out of the party executive - according to party executive for its " authoritarian leadership style ." Since the dismissal of the executive board of the Pirate Party Tyrol ( PPT), the pirates and PPT approach back to each other, the Group in Innsbruck council called now Innpiraten.
Pirate Party Luxemburg
The Pirate Party of Luxembourg ( proper name Pirate Party Luxemburg; Fri Parti Pirate du Luxembourg ) was founded on October 4, 2009 in the city of Luxembourg. They lobby for civil rights, for enhanced data protection and privacy for individuals. She calls for more transparency in the state, free access to information and education. In addition, it calls for a fundamental reform of the copyright and patent system and is against any kind of censorship. The basic principle is the basis of democracy that allows all members to actively shape the future of the party. Like most parties in Luxembourg is also the Pirate Party strongly pro-European ( " Europe without borders ").
The president and co-founder Sven Clement is also a member of the Pirate Party of Germany and the Pirate Party Switzerland. Vice - president of the party since October 2012 Marc Goergen. Founding member and long-time Vice - President Jerry Weyer served from March 2010 to February 2011 as one of the two co- presidents of the Pirate Parties International ( PPI).
The Pirate Party joined the parliamentary elections of 2013 for the first time. It reached 2.9 % of the votes, but missed a mandate.
Česká strana pirátská (Czech Republic)
The founding Česká strana pirátská (CPS, short name: Piráti ) was launched in early 2009 and was completed on 17 June 2009. In the parliamentary elections in May 2010, the party won 0.8%. In October 2010 the CPS won first municipal mandates. In the by-elections to the Czech Senate in October 2012, the party joined with three candidates. The CPS candidate in the constituency Prague 2, Libor Michálek was supported by KDU- CSL and SZ and was elected on the second ballot with 74.4 % in the Senate.
Kalózpárt (Hungary )
The Hungarian Pirate Party Kalózpárt originally organized not as a party but as a political organization. This worked closely with the party lehet Más a Politika (LMP ). Among other things, the Kalózpárt founding member Hajdú Mária was a board spokeswoman for the LMP. The LMP moved in 2010 with 16 deputies in the Hungarian parliament. The Kalózpárt existed only as a working group in the LMP. 2011 left the members of the working group, the LMP and eventually founded in April 2012, the Kalózpárt officially as a party.
Piratenpartij (Netherlands)
The Dutch Pirate Party was officially registered on 10 March 2010 as a party.
Slovenská Strana Pirátska
The Slovak Pirate Party PLC was founded in 2007. They first came to national elections on 10 March 2012, two candidates on the list of Obyčajní Ludia a nezávislé osobnost ( Olano, " Ordinary people and independent people " ) to. 2010, Olano was drawn with four members on the list of Sloboda a Solidarita in the National Council. In the 2012 election the Olano reached 8.6% and 16 seats.
Pirate Party of Russia ( PPRU )
The Pirate Party of Russia (Russian Пиратская партия России ) is a Russian party, which campaigns for reform of copyright and freedom of speech and was founded by Pawel Rassudow as party chairman in 2009. However, the Pirate Party could choose not to register as a party based on their name, but referred to informally as the Pirate Party of Russia. The Justice Department saw the word pirate criminal. Lola Voronina, member of the Russian Pirate Party, was 2011-2012 General Secretary of the international umbrella organization of PPI since April 2012 and is next to the German who was also born in Russia there Grégory Angel Co - Chairman. In January 2013, the registration was rejected again under the name " Pirate Party ", since, according to the Ministry of Justice "is the name of the party contrary to the principles set out in the Articles of Association goals."
On 14 October, the party involved in the mayoral election of Kaliningrad. On their candidate Dmitry Evsyutkin accounted for 2.17% of the vote.
Parti Pirate Tunisia
The Tunisian Pirate Party (Arabic: حزب القراصنة التونسي - Hizb al - Qarāṣinah at- TUNISI ) was founded on 27 September 2010. A few months later during the revolution in Tunisia 2010/2011 it was in particular an against internet censorship of ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Slim Amamou, a party of related bloggers eventually became Secretary of State in the transitional government of Tunisia. The formal approval was initially denied the party, thereby participating in the election to the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia in 2011 was not possible. On March 12, 2012, she was finally registered. It is thus the first official Pirate Party on the African continent.
The Pirate Party of New Zealand ( PPNZ )
The PPNZ was modeled on the Swedish Piratpartiet 2007. She entered 5 March 2011 by-election for the first time at the New Zealand House of Representatives. On the candidates in the constituency Botany, Hussain Al- Saady, accounted for 0.2%. In the parliamentary elections on 26 November 2011, she stepped in with the candidates in the constituencies Hamilton East and Wellington Central. For the election campaign, the party received NZ $ 20,000 party financing by the Central Electoral Commission.