Pirate Party Germany Piratenpartei Deutschland | |
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| Leader | Sebastian Alscher |
| Founded | 10 September 2006 |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Youth wing | Junge Piraten |
| Membership | 7,770[1] |
| Ideology | Pirate politics E-democracy Direct democracy Social liberalism Anti-corruption |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
| Colours | Orange, black and white |
| Website | |
| piratenpartei.de | |
ThePirate Party Germany (German:Piratenpartei Deutschland; short:PIRATEN, "Pirates") is apolitical party in Germany based on the model of the SwedishPiratpartiet.[2][3]
The party opposes the loss ofcivil rights intelephony and on theInternet, in particular the rules for keeping information about telephone calls andGermany's new Internet censorship law calledZugangserschwerungsgesetz.
The party favours the civil right toinformation privacy and reforms ofcopyright,education,computer science andpatents.
It wants more open and transparent government, and the electronic inspection and control of government operations by the citizen.[4]
The party was founded on 10 September 2006. Party leader has beenPatrick Schiffer since August 2016. Previous leaders were among othersSebastian Nerz,Dirk Hillbrecht,Jens Seipenbusch andChristof Leng.
In February 2009, the village spokesperson of Hohenstein, a city councillor inStrausberg,Jens Knoblich joined the Pirate Party Germany.[5][6] In June 2009,Bundestag memberJörg Tauss, who has been charged with the crime of child pornography possession and distribution, left theSPD and joined the Pirate Party[7] after theZugangserschwerungsgesetz was passed. He said that while he supports the fight against child pornography, the means are unacceptable. In late August 2009,Herbert Rusche, one of the founding members of theGerman Green Party and, in the 1980s, the first openlyhomosexual member ofparliament in Germany, joined the Pirate Party.[8][9]
On 27 September 2009, the PIRATEN received 2.0% (845,904 votes) in the2009 German federal election. This result means that the party failed to secure any seat in the Bundestag, however this was also the best result among the parties who did not achieve the required 5% threshold. Among the first-time male voters the party received 13%.[10]
The election results in 2009 means the party still qualifies for some government funding of campaign finance.[11]
It received 229,117 votes in the2009 European Parliament election, which was 0.9%, but not enough (at least 5%) for a seat.[12][13][14] The number of party members has increased since then. As of March 2010, the party had over 12,000 members.[15]
On 30 August 2009, the PIRATEN received 1.9% in the2009 Saxony state election. On the same day, the party also received one seat in each council in the local elections ofMünster andAachen, although candidates of the party ran for office only in some constituencies of both cities.[16]
Support for The PIRATEN differs between States. The party received 1.8% in the2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election and 1,5% in the2010 North Rhine-Westphalia state election (though without securing seats[17][18]), but only 0.5% in the2009 Hesse state election and did not participate in the2009 Brandenburg andSaarland state elections
Social Democratic Party of Germany (206) •Christian Democratic Union of Germany (152) •Christian Social Union of Bavaria (45) •Alliance '90/The Greens (118) •Free Democratic Party (92) •Alternative for Germany (78) •The Left (39) •Free Voters (0) •Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (0) •Human Environment Animal Protection (0) •The Party (0) |
