European Pirate Party | |
|---|---|
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| Abbreviation | Pirates |
| President | Florian Roussel |
| Founded | 21 March 2014; 11 years ago (2014-03-21) |
| Headquarters | 1A Route de Luxembourg, L-8184Kopstal,Luxembourg |
| Ideology | Pirate politics Freedom of information Participatory democracy |
| European Parliament group | Greens/EFA |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
| Colours | Black |
| European Parliament | 1 / 720 |
| European Commission | 0 / 27 |
| European Council | 0 / 27 |
| European Lower Houses | 18 / 6,229 |
| European Upper Houses | 0 / 1,458 |
| Website | |
| european-pirateparty.eu | |
TheEuropean Pirates (PIRATES) orEuropean Pirate Party (PPEU) is apirateEuropean political alliance. Despite its organisation and sometimes being referred to as a "European party" or "transnational party", the European Pirate Party does not meet the requirements to register as aEuropean political party.
The European Pirates were founded on 21 March 2014 at the European Parliament in Brussels in the context of a conference on "European Internet Governance and Beyond",[1] and consists ofpirate parties of European countries. The parties cooperated to run a joint campaign for the2014 European Parliament elections.[2]
The founding meeting electedAmelia Andersdotter, SwedishMember of the European Parliament forPiratpartiet, as the first chairperson.[3] The party's members elected to the European Parliament are inThe Greens–European Free Alliance.[4]
In November 2020, a new board was elected.Mikuláš Peksa was confirmed as a chairperson, Florie Marie (France) and Katla Hólm Vilbergs Þórhildardóttir (Iceland) were elected as chairperson. Alessandro Ciofini (Italy), Lukáš Doležal, Jan Mareš (bothCzech Republic) and Mia Utz, Oliver Herzig (bothGermany) were elected as ordinary members of the board.[5]
In the2024 European Parliament election, it lost three of its four seats.[6] ThePirate Party of Greece unanimously decided, in its 12th Congress held on 1 June 2025, to leave the PPEU and thePirate Parties International, citing ideological issues, a lack of political added value, and a lack of room for "constructive and productive political discourse".[7]
| Country/region | Party[8] |
|---|---|
 Bavaria | Pirate Party of Bavaria |
 Belgium | Pirate Party of Belgium |
 Brandenburg | Pirate Party Brandenburg |
 Europe | Young Pirates of Europe |
| Europe | Pirate group in the European Parliament |
 Serbia | Pirate Party of Serbia |
 Japan | Pirate Party Japan (日本海賊党) |
 Potsdam | Pirate Party of Potsdam |
| World | Pirate Parties International |
 Hungary | Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party[10] |
| Country/region | Party[8] |
|---|---|
 Croatia | Pirate Party (Croatia) |
 Greece | Pirate Party of Greece |
 Romania | Pirate Party Romania |
