Pirate Party of Galicia explained

Country:	Spain
Pirates of Galicia
Native Name:	Piratas de Galicia
Colorcode:	660087
Foundation:	26 December 2011
International:	Pirate Parties International
Headquarters:	Santiago de Compostela
Website:	PiratasDeGalicia.org

Pirates of Galicia (Galician: Piratas de Galicia, PIRATA.GAL), is a political party in Galicia, Spain. It inherits the ideology from Pirate Party of Sweden, that seeks the reform of intellectual property and patent laws, the inclusion of direct democracy in the political system and the defense of Human Rights within and outside the Internet.^[1]

History

The party was founded on December 26, 2011, and it is officially admitted in the Register of Political Parties of the Ministry of Interior of Spain on January 26, 2012.^{[2] [3]}

They ran elections for the first time on October 21, 2012, to the Galician Parliament in the provinces of Ourense and Pontevedra. The results were 336 votes in Ourense (0,18% over participation) and 1215 in Pontevedra (0,24% over participation).^[4]

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bylaws of Pirates de Galicia . Galician . 2012-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035217/http://piratasdegalicia.org/web/estatutos . 2016-03-04 . dead .
2. Web site: Record of Piratas de Galicia as an official political party in the Ministry of Interior of Spain . Spanish.
3. Web site: Zachová . Aneta . 2021-12-22 . Czechia becomes first EU country with Pirates in government . 2024-06-19 . www.euractiv.com . en-GB.
4. Web site: Official Minutes Galicia: results of 2012 elections to the Galician Parliament . Galician.