Pirate Party of Greece explained

Country:	Greece
Pirate Party of Greece
Native Name:	Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας
Leader:	Has no leader, but a management board.
Ideology:	Pirate politics
International:	Pirate Parties International
European:	European Pirate Party
Foundation:	^[1]
Headquarters:	Athens
Website:	http://www.pirateparty.gr

The Pirate Party of Greece (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας) is a political party in Greece. Based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party, it supports reform of copyright law, the abolition of patents, and respect for privacy.^[2]

The Pirate Party of Greece is a full member of Pirate Parties International.^[3]

The party was founded on 14 January 2012. It was officially recognized on 10 February 2012, and had 480 members on that date.^[4] At the 8 December 2013 Congress, the principles of Direct Democracy and Ecology were deleted. The proceedings of the 2013 congress have not been published.^[5] Today, the party has approximately 20 to 25 active members.^[6] ^[7]

Elections

May/June Legislative Elections 2012

In the 6 May 2012 Greek legislative election, the party managed to present candidates in 31 of the 56 constituencies and secured 0.51% (32,484) of the total votes.^[8] Out of 32 parties, the Pirate Party came 19th. In the June 2012 election the party received 0.23% of the vote (14,169), coming 14th out of 21 parties.^[9]

European Elections 2014

On 25 May 2014, the party participated in the 2014 European elections in a coalition with Ecologist Greens. The coalition received 0,90% (51.573) of the vote.^[10] Noted that Ecologist Greens (standalone with no coalition and before their breakup in two separate parties) received in the May 2012 election 2,93% (185.366) of the vote, and in the June 2012 election 0.88% (54.420) of the vote. Their second half, Prasinoi participated separately in the European elections and received 0.50% (28,460 votes).

European Elections 2019

In May 2019, the party participated in the 2019 European elections in a coalition with Popular Unity.^[11] The coalition received 0,56% (31.674) of the vote.^[12]

Notes and References

Web site: Greek pirates willing to "sail" in the local political ocean.
Web site: http://www.pirateparty.gr/arxes-programma/ . el:Αρχές-Πρόγραμμα . Pirateparty.gr . Greek.
Web site: Pirates of the world united in Prague at the Pirate Parties International conference 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20120908112953/http://www.pp-international.net/node/519 . 2012-09-08 .
Web site: http://www.eklogika.gr/news/7971 . el:Το Κόμμα των Πειρατών πήρε θέση στην πολιτική ζωή της Ελλάδας . Greek . 2012-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120417192721/http://www.eklogika.gr/news/7971 . 2012-04-17 . dead .
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=el&sl=el&tl=en&u=https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Κόμμα_Πειρατών_Ελλάδας#Ιστορία
Web site: Pirateparty.gr forum • Προβολή θέματος - Ψηφοφορία για την συνεργασία με την ΛΑ.Ε. . 2019-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602233236/https://forum.pirateparty.gr/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8153 . 2019-06-02 . dead .
Web site: Μετάφραση Google.
Web site: Parliamentary Elections May 2012 . Greek Ministry of Interior . Greek . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120619095844/http://ekloges.ypes.gr/v2012b/public/index.html . 2012-06-19 .
Web site: Parliamentary Elections June 2012 . Greek Ministry of Interior . Greek . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120619095844/http://ekloges.ypes.gr/v2012b/public/index.html . 2012-06-19 .
Web site: European Elections May 2014. Greek Ministry of Interior. Greek. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140527211603/http://ekloges.ypes.gr/may2014/e/public/index.html. 2014-05-27.
Web site: Παρουσίαση υποψηφίων Ευρωβουλευτών Κόμματος Πειρατών Ελλάδας . Presentation of Pirate Party Greece's candidates for MEPs . Pirate Party of Greece. Greek. June 2, 2019. 2019-04-18.

Web site: Επικράτεια | Ευρωεκλογές - Μάιος 2019 |url=https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/e/home/parties/|publisher=Greek Ministry of Interior|language=Greek|access-date=June 2, 2019}}