Pirate Parties International
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Pirate Parties International
Abbreviation PPI
Formation April 18, 2010
Type International nongovernmental organisation
Legal status Association
Purpose/focus Political
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Membership Pirate parties and affiliated associations
Co-Chairmen Gregory Engels / Jerry Weyer
Main organ General Assembly
Website www.pp-international.net
Officially registered pirate party
Active, unregistered pirate party
Discussed within PP-International
No pirate party
Member of Pirate Parties International
Active Pirate Party, but not PPI member
Pirate Parties International (PPI) is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Aims
2 History
3 Structure
4 Pirate Party movement worldwide
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Aims
The PPI statutes[2] give its purposes as:
to help establish, to support and promote, and to maintain communication and co-operation between pirate parties around the world.
The PPI also has goals of raising awareness of, spreading and unifying the pirate movement through coordination, information-sharing, and assisting in the foundation of new pirate parties.[2]
[edit]History
The first Pirate party was the Swedish Piratpartiet, founded on January 1, 2006.[3] Other parties and groups were formed in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. In 2007, representatives of these parties met in Vienna, Austria to form an alliance and plan for the 2009 European Parliament elections.[4] Further conferences were held in 2008 in Berlin and Uppsala, the latter leading to the "Uppsala Declaration" of a basic platform for the elections.[5]
In September 2008, Andrew Norton (United States) was appointed as coordinator of the PPI collective. In August 2009 he stepped down[6] and passed the function of coordinator over to the "coreteam" lead by Patrick M?chler and Samir Allioui.[7]
On 18 April 2010 the Pirate Parties International was formally founded in Brussels at the PPI Conference from April 16 to 18.[1]
[edit]Structure
The PPI is governed by a board, led by two co-chairs.[8] The current co-chairmen of PPI are Gregory Engels and Jerry Weyer.[1] Policy, govenance, and applications for membership is the responsibility of the PPI's general assembly, which must meet at least once per year.[9]
[edit]Pirate Party movement worldwide
Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 40 countries,[10] inspired by the Swedish initiative.
Country Name Registration status Member of Pirate Parties International Elected
Austria Piratenpartei ?sterreichs Officially registered Yes No
Belgium Pirate Party Belgium Officially registered Yes No
Bulgaria Piratska Partia/Пиратска Партия Officially registered Yes No
Czech Republic ?esk? pir?tsk? strana Officially registered Yes No
Denmark Piratpartiet Officially registered Yes No
Finland Piraattipuolue Officially registered Yes No
France Parti Pirate Officially registered Yes No
Germany Piratenpartei Deutschland Officially registered Yes Two city council seats
Luxembourg Piratepartei L?tzebuerg Officially registered Yes No
The Netherlands Piratenpartij Nederland Officially registered Yes No
Poland Partia Pirat?w Officially registered No No
Spain Partido Pirata Officially registered Yes No
Sweden Piratpartiet Officially registered No Two MEP
United Kingdom Pirate Party UK Officially registered Yes No
Switzerland Piratenpartei Schweiz Officially registered Yes One city council seat
Canada Pirate Party of Canada /
Parti Pirate du Canada
Eligible to register[11] Yes No
Argentina Partido Pirata Argentino Active but unregistered No No
Australia Pirate Party Australia Active but unregistered Yes No
Bosnia Piratska Partija Bosna i Hercegovina /
Пиратска Партија Босна и Херцеговина
Active but unregistered No No
Brazil Partido Pirata do Brasil Active but unregistered Yes No
Chile Partido Pirata de Chile Active but unregistered No No
Cyprus Pirate Party Cyprus Active but unregistered No No
Estonia Eesti Piraadipartei Active but unregistered No No
Greece ????????? ????? ??????? Active but unregistered No No
Ireland Pirate Party Ireland / P?irt? Foghlaithe na h?ireann Active but unregistered Yes No
Italy Partito Pirata Italiano Active but unregistered Yes No
Kazakhstan ?аза?стан ?ара?шылар Партиясы Active but unregistered Yes No
Lithuania Piratu Partija[12] Active but unregistered No No
Mexico wikiPartido Pirata Mexicano Active but unregistered No No
Nepal Pirate Party Nepal Eligible to register after gathering 10,000 signatures before national election[13] No No
New Zealand Pirate Party of New Zealand Active but unregistered No No
Portugal Partido Pirata Portugu?s Active but unregistered Yes No
Romania Partidul Pira?ilor din Rom?nia Active but unregistered Yes No
Russia Pirate Party of Russia / Пиратская партия России Active but unregistered Yes No
Serbia Piratska Partija Srbije[14] Active but unregistered Yes No
Slovakia Slovensk? pir?tska strana Active but unregistered No No
Slovenia Piratska stranka Slovenije[15][16][17][18] Active but unregistered No No
Turkey Korsan Partisi Active but unregistered No No
United States United States Pirate Party Active but unregistered No No
Uruguay Partido Pirata en Uruguay Active but unregistered No No
Ukraine Pirate Party of Ukraine / Пиратская Партия Украины Active but unregistered No No
Colombia N/A Discussions on forming group[19] N/A N/A
Venezuela N/A Discussions on forming group[20] N/A N/A
China ????? Discussions on forming group[21] N/A N/A
Peru N/A Letter of notification that party is forming[22] N/A N/A
Hungary Kal?zp?rt Non-political organisation that works with LMP[23] N/A Indirectly (LMP has 16 MPs in the Hungarian Parliament)
[edit]References
^ a b c "The Pirate International is born". Presseurop. 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
^ a b "Pirate Parties International Statutes" (PDF). Pirate Parties International. 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
^ Nick Farrell (2006-01-03). "Swedish pirates form political party". The Inquirer. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
^ Ben Jones (2007-06-09). "Pirates Gather at First International Pirate Party Conference". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
^ "The Uppsala Declaration or European Pirate Parties Declaration of a basic platform for the European Parliamentary Election of 2009". Piratpartiet. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
^ Norton, Andrew (2009-08-02). "Signing off". pp.int.general mailing list. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
^ "Patrick M?chler steps down - Jerry Weyer Steps up!". 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
^ Pirate Parties International Statutes, Article XIII.
^ Pirate Parties International Statutes, Articles IX - XI.
^ "Piratenpartij presenteert verkiezingsprogramma" (in Dutch). 3VOOR12 NL. 20. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
^ "Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration". Ottawa: Elections Canada. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
^ http://piratupartija.lt/[dead link]
^ "The Political Party Registration (for the purpose of Election) Rule, 2063(2007)". Kathmandu: Election Commission Nepal. 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
^ "Piratska Partija Srbije" (in Serbian).
^ ""Slovenski pirati" za svobodno medmre?je ["Slovenian pirates" for a free internet]" (in Slovenian). Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 14 May 2009.
^ "[They've sailed into Slovenia too]". ?urnal24. 14 May 2009.
^ "[Pirates in Slovenia as well]". inDirekt. 14 May 2009.
^ "Piratska stranka Slovenije" (in Slovenian).
^ ""Pirates" Get Political". On the commons. 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
^ "Facebook group to form a pirate party Venezuela" (in Spanish).
^ "Very active Twitter feed of the chinese activists" (in Chinese).
^ Active country sections on Pirate Party International forums as per 21 January 2007
^ "Kal?zp?rt" (in Hungarian).
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