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of European countries. The parties cooperated to run a joint campaign for the

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The founding meeting elected

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, Swedish

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for Piratpartiet, as the first chairperson. The party's members elected to the European Parliament are in

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. In November 2020 new board was elected.

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was confirmed as a chairperson, Florie Marie (

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) and Katla Hólm Vilbergs Þórhildardóttir (

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) were elected as chairperson. Alessandro Ciofini (

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), Lukáš Doležal, Jan Mareš (both

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) and Mia Utz, Oliver Herzig (both

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) were elected as ordinary members of the board.

Member parties

Observer members

Former members

Notes

References

Literature

* Otjes, S. (2020). All on the same boat? Voting for pirate parties in comparative perspective. Politics, 40(1), 38–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395719833274

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