Pirate Party is a label adopted by

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around the world. Pirate parties support

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life ...

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(including

e-democracy E-democracy (a combination of the words electronic and democracy), also known as digital democracy or Internet democracy, is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in political and governance processes. The term is bel ...

) or alternatively participation in government, reform of

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and patent law, free sharing of knowledge ( open content), information privacy, transparency,

freedom of information Freedom of information is freedom of a person or people to publish and consume information. Access to information is the ability for an individual to seek, receive and impart information effectively. This sometimes includes "scientific, indigen ...

free speech Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recog ...

anti-corruption Anti-corruption (or anticorruption) comprises activities that oppose or inhibit corruption. Just as corruption takes many forms, anti-corruption efforts vary in scope and in strategy. A general distinction between preventive and reactive meas ...

and net neutrality. The name ''pirate party'' alludes to online piracy; pirate parties do not represent oceangoing

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. Pirate parties are often considered outside of the economic left-right spectrum or to have context-dependent appeal.Simon, Otjes (22nd January 2019)
All on the same boat? Voting for pirate parties in comparative perspective
Political Studies Association, 2020, Vol. 40(1) no. 38–53

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. Page 49: "This indicates that instead of not appealing along left-right lines at all, pirate party’s left-right appeal is context-dependent. Moreover, it is more closely related to sympathy for these parties than to party choice".

History

The first Pirate Party to be established was the Pirate Party of Sweden ( sv, Piratpartiet), whose website was launched on 1 January 2006 by Rick Falkvinge. Falkvinge was inspired to found the party after he found that Swedish politicians were generally unresponsive to Sweden's debate over changes to copyright law in 2005. The United States Pirate Party was founded on 6 June 2006 by

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

graduate student Brent Allison. The party's concerns were abolishing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reducing the length of copyrights from 95 years after publication or 70 years after the author's death to 14 years, and the expiry of

patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

that do not result in significant progress after four years, as opposed to 20 years. However, Allison stepped down as leader three days after founding the party. The

Pirate Party of Austria The Pirate Party of Austria (german: Piratenpartei Österreichs, PIRAT) is a political party in Austria and part of the global Pirate Party movement which advocates what has come to be known as Pirate politics. It is mostly known for opposing th ...

(german: Piratenpartei Österreichs) was founded in July 2006 in the run-up to the

2006 Austrian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Austria on 1 October 2006 to elect the 23rd National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The governing Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) suffered substantial losses and was unexpectedly over ...

by Florian Hufsky and Jürgen "Juxi" Leitner. The Pirate Party of Finland was founded in 2008 and entered the official registry of Finnish political parties in 2009. The Pirate Party of the Czech Republic ( cz, Česká pirátská strana) was founded on 19 April 2009 by Jiří Kadeřávek. The

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took place between the 4 and 7 June 2009, and various Pirate Parties stood candidates. The most success was had in

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, where the Pirate Party of Sweden won 7.1% of the vote, and had Christian Engström elected as the first ever Pirate Party Member of European Parliament (MEP). Following the introduction of the

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, the Pirate Party of Sweden were afforded another MEP in 2011, that being

Amelia Andersdotter Amelia Anna Matilda Katarina Andersdotter (born 30 August 1987 in Uppsala) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (2011–2014), elected on the Pirate Party list in the 2009 election. Personal life Amelia An ...

. On 30 July 2009, the

Pirate Party UK The Pirate Party UK (often abbreviated PPUK; in cy, Plaid Môr-leidr DU) was a political party in the United Kingdom. The Pirate Party's core policies were to bring about reform to copyright and patent laws, support privacy, reduce surveillance f ...

was registered with the Electoral Commission. Its first party leader was Andrew Robinson, and its

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was Eric Priezkalns. In April 2010, an international organisation to encourage cooperation and unity between Pirate Parties,

Pirate Parties International Pirate Parties International (PPI) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Formed in 2010, it serves as a worldwide organization for Pirate Parties, currently representing ...

, was founded in Belgium. Czech Pirate Party press conference 4 June 2019

In the

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to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, the Pirate Party of Berlin (a state chapter of Pirate Party Germany) won 8.9% of the vote, which corresponded to winning 15 seats. John Naughton, writing for ''

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'', argued that the Pirate Party of Berlin's success could not be replicated by the

, as the UK does not use a

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electoral system. In the

2013 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013. Fifteen parties contested the elections, compared to just seven in the previous elections. The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties, the Independence Part ...

, the Icelandic Pirate Party won 5.1% of the vote, returning three Pirate Party

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. Those were

Birgitta Jónsdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at th ...

for the Southwest Constituency, Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson for Reykjavik Constituency North and Jón Þór Ólafsson for Reykjavik Constituency South. Birgitta had previously been an MP for the Citizens' Movement (from 2009 to 2013), representing Reykjavik Constituency South. , it was the largest political party in Iceland, with 23.9% of the vote. The

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took place between the 22 and 24 May. Felix Reda was at the top of the list for Pirate Party Germany, and was subsequently elected as the party received 1.5% of the vote. Other notable results include the Czech Pirate Party, who received 4.8% of the vote, meaning they were 0.2% off getting elected, the Pirate Party of Luxembourg, who received 4.2% of the vote, and the Pirate Party of Sweden, who received 2.2% of the vote, but lost both their MEPs. Reda had previously worked as an assistant in the office of former Pirate Party MEP Amelia Andersdotter. On 11 June 2014, Reda was elected vice-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. Reda was given the job of copyright reform rapporteur. The Icelandic Pirate Party was leading the national polls in March 2015, with 23.9%. The Independence Party polled 23.4%, only 0.5% behind the Pirate Party. According to the poll, the Pirate Party would win 16 seats in the

Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (" thing fields" or "assemb ...

. In April 2016, in the wake of the

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scandal, polls showed the Icelandic Pirate Party at 43% and the Independence Party at 21.6%, although the Pirate Party eventually won 15% of the vote and 10 seats in the 29 October 2016 parliamentary election. In April 2017, a group of students at

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formed a Pirate Party to participate in the Associated Students of the University of California senate elections, winning the only third-party seat. Czech Pirate Party entered the

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of the Czech Parliament for the first time after the

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held on 20 and 21 October 2017 with 10.8%. Czech Pirate Party, after finishing at the second place at the 2018 Prague municipal election, held on 5 and 6 October 2018, with 17.1%, formed a coalition with

Prague Together Prague Together ( cs, Praha sobě, lit=Prague for itself) is an association of independent candidates in Prague. It was created for the 2018 Prague municipal election by KDU-ČSL MP Jan Čižinský. The main representatives are Jan Čižinský a ...

and

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(

TOP 09 TOP 09 (name derived from cs, Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita, lit=Tradition Responsibility Prosperity) is a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. TOP 09 holds 14 seats in the Chamber ...

, Mayors and Independents, KDU-ČSL,

Liberal-Environmental Party Liberal Environmental Party ( cs, Liberálně-ekologická strana, LES) is a green-liberal political party in the Czech Republic. It was established by Martin Bursík as a split from Green Party. The party is pro-European and supports Václav Ha ...

and SNK European Democrats). The representative of the Czech Pirate Party, Zdeněk Hřib, was selected as a Mayor of Prague. It is probably for the first time, when any pirate party has a mayor in one of the major cities of the world. At the

2019 European Parliament election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peop ...

, three Czech Pirate MEPs and one German Pirate MEP were voted in and joined the

Greens–European Free Alliance The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green and regionalist political parties. Formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament, th ...

, the aforementioned group in the European Parliament that has previously included Swedish Pirate MEPs and German Julia Reda.

Common policies

While parties vary insofar as specific policies go, common themes of the Pirate movement include: # Defend the

freedom of expression Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recog ...

, communication, education; respect the privacy of citizens and civil rights in general. # Defend the free flow of ideas, knowledge and culture. # Support politically the reform of copyright and patent laws. # Have a commitment to work collaboratively, and participate with maximum transparency. # Do not support actions that involve violence. # Use

free software Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, n ...

and open source software, open-source hardware, DIY and open protocols whenever possible. # Politically defend an open, participative and collaborative construction of any public policy. #

Direct democracy Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are repres ...

E-democracy E-democracy (a combination of the words electronic and democracy), also known as digital democracy or Internet democracy, is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in political and governance processes. The term is bel ...

# Open access #

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and

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Copyright and censorship

Some campaigns have included demands for the reform of

and

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laws. In 2010, Swedish MEP Christian Engström called for supporters of amendments to the Data Retention Directive to withdraw their signatures, citing a misleading campaign.

International organizations

Pirate Parties International

Pirate Parties International (PPI) is the umbrella organization of the national Pirate Parties. Since 2006, the organization has existed as a loose unionPirate Parties International
in the wiki of Pirate Parties International, retrieved 21 January 2011 of the national parties. Since October 2009, Pirate Parties International has had the status of a

non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

(Feitelijke vereniging) based in

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. The organization was officially founded at a conference from 16 to 18 April 2010 in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, when the organization's statutes were adopted by the 22 national pirate parties represented at the event.

European Pirate Party

The European Pirate Party (PPEU) is a European political party founded in March 2014 which consists of various pirate parties within European countries.

Pirates without Borders

Pirates Without Borders is an international association of pirates. Unlike Pirate Parties International (which accepts only parties as voting members and organizations as observing members), Pirates Without Borders accept individuals as members. The PWB see themselves as a basis for international projects. Through global cooperation, they strive to reveal the impact of multinational trade agreements on all people on Earth, and foster freedom and democracy. PWB originates from an independent committee for the coordination of Pirate parties in German-speaking countries, known as DACHLuke (DACHL = Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Luxembourg). Since the Pirate Parties International Conference 2011 on 12 and 13 March 2011, PWB is an "observing member" of Pirate Parties International. The previously independent project "pirate streaming" has become a part of Pirates without Borders since 3 May 2011.

Parti Pirate Francophone

In Parti Pirate Francophone, the French-speaking Pirate Parties are organized. Current members are the pirates parties in Belgium,

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre ...

, France, Canada, and Switzerland.

European Parliament elections

2009

2013

^*Held in 2013 due to Croatia's entry into EU

2014

¹Party only participated in North West England constituency
²PPAT is in alliance with two other parties: The Austrian Communist Party and Der Wandel. The alliance is called "Europa Anders" and also includes some independents in their lists
³with Ecological Greens
⁴PPEE are campaigning for an independent candidate ( Silver Meikar) who supports the pirate program

2019

National elections

Elected representatives

Representatives of the Pirate Party movement that have been elected to a national or supranational

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Pirate Party of Sweden

* Christian Engström, MEP for

from 2009 to 2014 *

, MEP for Sweden from 2011 to 2014

Czech Pirate Party

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Since the 2021 Czech legislative election, only the following 4 MP are in office: * Jakub Michálek, MP for

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

since 2017 * Olga Richterová, MP for

since 2017 * Ivan Bartoš, MP for Central Bohemia from 2017 to 2021, MP for Ústí nad Labem since 2021, Leader of the Czech Pirate Party and Minister of Regional Development since 2021 * Klára Kocmanová, MP for Central Bohemia since 2021 The following served as MPs from 2017 to 2021 * Dana Balcarová, MP for

* Ondřej Profant, MP for

* Jan Lipavský, MP for

* Lenka Kozlová, MP for Central Bohemia * František Kopřiva, MP for Central Bohemia * Lukáš Kolařík, MP for South Bohemia * Lukáš Bartoň, MP for

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabitants. The city is known worldwid ...

* Petr Třešnák, MP for Karlovy Vary * František Navrkal, MP for Ústí nad Labem from 2019 * Tomáš Martínek, MP for

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well prese ...

* Martin Jiránek, MP for Hradec Králové * Mikuláš Ferjenčík, MP for

Pardubice Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monum ...

* Jan Pošvář, MP for Vysočina * Radek Holomčík, MP for South Moravia * Tomáš Vymazal, MP for South Moravia * Vojtěch Pikal, MP for Olomouc * František Elfmark, MP for Zlín * Lukáš Černohorský, MP for Moravian-Silesian * Ondřej Polanský, MP for Moravian-Silesian * Mikuláš Peksa, MP for Ústí nad Labem from 2017 to 2019, then elected to European Parlament

Senate of the Czech Republic The Senate (), literally "Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic", is the upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague. Structure The Senate has 81 members, chosen i ...
(in office)

Lukáš Wagenknecht Lukáš Wagenknecht (born 24 September 1978) is a Czech economist, auditor and politician serving as a Senator of the Czech Republic representing Prague 8 district since October 2018. He is a member of the Czech Pirate Party. Wagenknecht also co ...

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for

Prague 8 Prague 8 is a municipal district (''městská část'') in Prague, Czech Republic. The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of municipal districts Prague 8, Březiněves, Ďáblice and Dolní Chabry. See al ...

since 2018 * Adéla Šípová,

for Kladno since 2020

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven Institutions of the European Union, institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and in ...

* Marcel Kolaja, MEP for

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since 2019 * Markéta Gregorová, MEP for

since 2019 * Mikuláš Peksa, MEP for

since 2019

Former representatives

Libor Michálek Libor Michálek (born 1968) is a Czech economist, politician, and whistleblower. He led successful corruption cases against the Czech National Property Fund and the Environment Ministry as former employees of both. He was the first Pirate Party ...

for Prague 2 from 2012 to 2018 * Mikuláš Peksa, MP for Ústí nad Labem from 2017 to 2019

Pirate Party Germany

* Patrick Breyer, MEP for

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

since 2019

Former representatives

* Felix Reda, MEP for Germany from 2014 to 2019

Pirate Party Iceland The Pirate Party ( is, Píratar) is a political party in Iceland. The party's platform is based on pirate politics and direct democracy. History The Icelandic Pirate Party was founded on 24 November 2012 by Birgitta Jónsdóttir (previously a m ...

Andrés Ingi Jónsson Andrés Ingi Jónsson (born 16 August 1979) is an Icelandic MP, representing Reykjavík North as a member of the Pirate Party. He was first elected to the Alþingi in 2016 as a member of the Left-Green Movement and again in 2017, later leaving ...

, MP for Reykjavík North from 2016, originally as a member of the Left-Green Movement, member of the Pirate Party since 2021 * Arndís Anna Kristínardóttir Gunnarsdóttir, MP for Reykjavík South since 2021 * Björn Leví Gunnarsson, MP for Reykjavík North from 2016 to 2017 and for Reykjavík South since 2017 * Gísli Rafn Ólafsson, MP for Southwest since 2021 * Halldóra Mogensen, MP for Reykjavík North since 2016 * Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir, MP for Southwest from 2016 to 2017, for Reykjavík South from 2017 to 2021, and for Southwest from 2021

Former representatives (Iceland)

, MP for Reykjavík South from 2009 to 2013, and for Southwest from 2013 to 2017 * Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir, MP for Reykjavík South from 2015 to 2017 * Einar Brynjólfsson, MP for

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from 2016 to 2017 * Eva Pandóra Baldursdóttir, MP for

Northwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each s ...

from 2016 to 2017 * Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson, MP for Reykjavík South from 2016 to 2017 * Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, MP for Reykjavík North from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2017 to 2021 * Jón Þór Ólafsson, MP for Reykjavík South from 2013 to 2015 and for Southwest from 2016 to 2021 * Smári McCarthy, MP for Southwest since 2016 to 2021

Pirate Party Luxembourg The Pirate Party Luxembourg ( lb, Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg, german: Piratenpartei Luxemburg, french: Parti pirate du Luxembourg) is a registered political party in Luxembourg. The party follows the pirate political doctrine developed by the Sw ...

Sven Clement Sven Clement (born 19 January 1989) is a Luxembourgish politician and MP of the Pirate Party Luxembourg. He studied business informatics at the Saarbrücken University and has been occupying a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the Luxembourgis ...

, MP for

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* Marc Goergen, MP for Sud

National parties

Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 40 countries, inspired by the Swedish initiative.

References

External links

Pirate Parties International
– official website {{Pirate Party Anti-corruption parties Civil liberties advocacy groups Civil rights organizations Computer law organizations Copyright law Digital rights Direct democracy movement Free and open-source software organizations Freedom of expression organizations Freedom of information Freedom of speech Intellectual property activism Internet privacy organizations Internet-related activism Net neutrality Open government Participatory democracy Patent reform Political parties established in 2006 Politics and technology Privacy organizations Transnational political parties

History

Common policies

Copyright and censorship

International organizations

Pirate Parties International

European Pirate Party

Pirates without Borders

Parti Pirate Francophone

European Parliament elections

2009

2013

2014

2019

National elections

Elected representatives

Pirate Party of Sweden

Czech Pirate Party

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Senate of the Czech Republic The Senate (), literally "Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic", is the upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague. Structure The Senate has 81 members, chosen i ... (in office)

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Former representatives

Pirate Party Germany

Former representatives

Pirate Party Iceland The Pirate Party ( is, Píratar) is a political party in Iceland. The party's platform is based on pirate politics and direct democracy. History The Icelandic Pirate Party was founded on 24 November 2012 by Birgitta Jónsdóttir (previously a m ...

Former representatives (Iceland)

Pirate Party Luxembourg The Pirate Party Luxembourg ( lb, Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg, german: Piratenpartei Luxemburg, french: Parti pirate du Luxembourg) is a registered political party in Luxembourg. The party follows the pirate political doctrine developed by the Sw ...

National parties

See also

References

External links

Senate of the Czech Republic The Senate (), literally "Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic", is the upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague. Structure The Senate has 81 members, chosen i ...
(in office)