The Pirate Party Luxembourg (; ; ) is a registered

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. The party follows the pirate political doctrine developed by the Swedish Pirate Party. It champions ''citizen's rights'', improved data protection and privacy for physical persons, more transparency of government, free

access to information Access may refer to: Companies and organizations * ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network * Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom * Access Co., a Japanese software company * Access International Advisors, a h ...

and education. Beyond this, it calls for an in-depth overhaul of

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and

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law, and opposes every form of

censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governmen ...

. A fundamental principle is

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, which gives the possibility to each member to help shape the future of the party. Like most parties in Luxembourg, the Pirate Party is vigorously

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. It is a member of

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

, the umbrella organisation of the international

Pirate Party Pirate Party is a label adopted by various Political party, political parties worldwide that share a set of values and policies focused on Civil and political rights, civil rights in the digital age. The fundamental principles of Pirate Partie ...

movement. The Pirate Party Luxembourg was founded in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxe ...

on 4 October 2009. Its membership evolved from 14 founding members to 331
, Pirateparty Luxembourg, presidency meeting protocol by April 2014. From 2009 to 2018,

Sven Clement Sven Clement (born 19 January 1989) is a Luxembourgish politician and MP of the Pirate Party Luxembourg of which he is also one of the founders. He studied business informatics at the Saarbrücken University and has been occupying a seat in the ...

was the President and the main candidate for the general elections in 2013 and the European elections in 2014. The vice-president was Sven Wohl, the treasurer was Ben Allard and the general secretary was Andy Maar. Another prominent figure was Jerry Weyer, former vice-president and co-founder of the party who was also co-president of

(PPI) from March 2010 to 2011. The current co-speakers of the party are

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and Rebecca Lau.

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