European Pirate Party

Short description: Pirate European political alliance

European Pirate Party

Abbreviation| Template:EUPP data
President| Florian Roussel
Founded| 21 March 2014; 12 years ago (2014-03-21)
Headquarters| 1A Route de Luxembourg, L-8184 Kopstal, Luxembourg
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Ideology| Pirate politics
Freedom of information
Participatory democracy
International affiliation| Pirate Parties International
European Parliament group| Greens/EFA
Colours|  Black
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Markéta Gregorová, Former President of the European Pirate Party, in February 2019

The European Pirates (PIRATES) or European Pirate Party (PPEU) is a pirate European 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 a European 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 of pirate parties of European countries. The parties cooperated to run a joint campaign for the 2014 European Parliament elections.[2]

Felix Reda – the Pirate MEP for the 2014 to 2019 term.

The founding meeting elected Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Member of the European Parliament for Piratpartiet, as the first chairperson.[3] The party's members elected to the European Parliament are in The 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 (both Czech Republic) and Mia Utz, Oliver Herzig (both Germany) were elected as ordinary members of the board.[5]

In the 2024 European Parliament election, it lost three of its four seats.[6] The Pirate Party of Greece unanimously decided, in its 12th Congress held on 1 June 2025, to leave the PPEU and the Pirate Parties International, citing ideological issues, a lack of political added value, and a lack of room for "constructive and productive political discourse".[7]

## Contents

* 1 Member parties
* 2 Observer parties
* 3 Former members
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Literature
* 7 External links

## Member parties

Country  | Political party[8][9] | MEPs  | National MPs

|
|
|

Chamber  | Members
Austria  | Pirate Party of Austria  |

0 / 18

| Federal Council  |

0 / 61

National Council  |

0 / 183

Czech Republic  | Czech Pirate Party |

1 / 21

| Senate

1 / 81

Chamber of Deputies  |

16 / 200

Estonia  | Estonian Pirate Party |

0 / 7

| Riigikogu  |

0 / 101

Finland  | Pirate Party  |

0 / 13

| Parliament of Finland  |

0 / 200

France  | Pirate Party  |

0 / 74

| Senate  |

0 / 348

National Assembly  |

0 / 577

Germany  | Pirate Party Germany  |

0 / 96

| Bundesrat  |

0 / 69

Bundestag  |

0 / 735

Iceland  | Pirate Party  | Not in the EU | Althing  |

0 / 63

Italy  | Italian Pirate Party  |

0 / 73

| Senate  |

0 / 206

Chamber of Deputies  |

0 / 400

Luxembourg  | Pirate Party Luxembourg  |

0 / 6

| Chamber of Deputies  |

3 / 60

Netherlands  | Pirate Party  |

0 / 29

| Senate  |

0 / 75

House of Representatives  |

0 / 150

Norway  | Pirate Party of Norway  | Not in the EU | Storting  |

0 / 169

Poland  | Polish Pirate Party  |

0 / 51

| Senate

0 / 100

Sejm  |

0 / 460

Slovakia  | Pirate Party Slovakia  |

0 / 14

| National Council of Slovakia  |

0 / 150

Slovenia  | Pirate Party of Slovenia  |

0 / 9

| National Council  |

0 / 40

National Assembly  |

0 / 90

Spain  | Pirate Confederation  |

0 / 54

| Senate of Spain  |

0 / 265

Congress of Deputies  |

0 / 350

Pirates of Catalonia  |

0 / 54

| Senate of Spain  |

0 / 265

Congress of Deputies  |

0 / 350

Sweden  | Pirate Party |

0 / 20

| Riksdag  |

0 / 349

Switzerland  | Pirate Party Switzerland  | Not in the EU | Council of States  |

0 / 46

National Council  |

0 / 200

## Observer parties

Country/region  | Party[8]

|

Template:Country data Bavaria | Pirate Party of Bavaria
Belgium  | Pirate Party of Belgium
Template:Country data 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)
Template:Country data Potsdam | Pirate Party of Potsdam
World  | Pirate Parties International
Hungary  | Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party[10]

## Former members

Country/region  | Party[8]

|

Croatia  | Pirate Party (Croatia)
Greece  | Pirate Party of Greece
Romania  | Pirate Party Romania

## See also

* Pirate Party
* Pirate Parties International
* Young Pirates of Europe

## References

1. ↑ PPEU founding & European Internet Governance and Beyond – Programme , PPEU
2. ↑ "'Pirates' to run joint campaign in next EU elections". EUobserver. 16 April 2012. http://euobserver.com/institutional/115888.
3. ↑ "Europeiska Piratpartiet bildat" (in sv). Piratpartiet. 21 Mar 2014. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/piratpartiet/pressreleases/europeiska-piratpartiet-bildat-975386.
4. ↑ "Greens – European Free Alliance". http://www.euroelection.co.uk/article/greens_european_free_alliance.
5. ↑ "Board". https://european-pirateparty.eu/board/.
6. ↑ "European Parliament Election 2024". https://europeelects.eu/ep2024/.
7. ↑ "Pirate Party of Greece 12th Congress – Decisions – Resignation from European Pirate Party and Pirate Parties International". Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας - Pirate Party of Greece. https://www.pirateparty.gr/2025/06/ppgr-12thcongress-decisions-resignation-from-ppeu-ppi/.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Members – European Pirate Party". https://european-pirateparty.eu/members/.
9. ↑ "Members". https://wiki.ppeu.net/doku.php?id=ppeu:members.
10. ↑ "MKKP granted observing membership". https://european-pirateparty.eu/ppeu-council-meeting-new-leadership/.

## Literature

* Otjes, S. (2020). All on the same boat? Voting for pirate parties in comparative perspective. Politics, 40(1), 38–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395719833274

## External links

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Pirate parties

International|

* Pirate Parties International
* European Pirate Party

Parties|

| Africa|

* Morocco
* Tunisia
* Pirate Party
* Tunisian Pirate Party

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Americas|

* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Mexico
* United States

Asia|

* Israel
* Kazakhstan

Europe|

* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Republika Srpska
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Montenegro
* The Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Catalonia
* Galicia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

People|

* Samir Allioui
* Slim Amamou
* Amelia Andersdotter
* Carlos Ayala
* Ivan Bartoš
* Angelika Beer
* Patrick Breyer
* Sven Clement
* Grégory Engels
* Christian Engström
* Rickard Falkvinge
* Stefan Flod
* Markéta Gregorová
* Harald Haas
* Martin Haase
* Dirk Hillbrecht
* Florian Hufsky
* Birgitta Jónsdóttir
* Laurence "Loz" Kaye
* Marcel Kolaja
* Bailey Lamon
* Ancilla van de Leest
* Christof Leng
* Smári McCarthy
* Sebastian Nerz
* Andrew Norton
* Mikuláš Peksa
* Dirk Poot
* Julia Reda
* Herbert Rusche
* Jens Seipenbusch
* Denis Simonet
* Anna Troberg
* Lola Voronina
* Jerry Weyer

Youth wings|

* Europe
* Germany
* Sweden

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