Pirate Party of Greece Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας | |
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| Leader | Has no leader, but a management board. |
| Founded | 14 January 2012[1] |
| Headquarters | Athens |
| Ideology | Pirate politics |
| European affiliation | European Pirate Party |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
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| http://www.pirateparty.gr | |
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The Pirate Party of Greece (Greek: 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 about 20-25 active members.[6][7]
On 6 May Greek legislative election, 2012 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]
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).
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]
| Election | Hellenic Parliament | Rank | Government | Leader | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | ||||
| May 2012 | 32,519 | 0.51% | New | 0 / 300
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New | 19th | Extra-parliamentary | Collective leadership |
| Jun 2012 | 14,170 | 0.23% | −0.28 | 0 / 300
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15th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| Jan 2015 | Did not contest | 0 / 300
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0
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— | Extra-parliamentary | |||
| Sep 2015[a] | 15,282 | 0.28% | +0.05 | 0 / 300
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0
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14th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2019 | Did not contest | 0 / 300
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0
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— | Extra-parliamentary | |||
| May 2023 | Did not contest | 0 / 300
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0
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— | Extra-parliamentary | |||
| Jun 2023[b] | 15,911 | 0.31% | +0.03 | 0 / 300
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15th | Extra-parliamentary | |
