Pirate Party of Greece

Pirate Party of Greece

Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας
Pirate Party of Greece Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας
Leader	Has no leader, but a management board.
Founded	14 January 2012
Headquarters	Athens
Ideology	Pirate politics
European affiliation	European Pirate Party
International affiliation	Pirate Parties International
Website
	Official website
	Politics of Greece; Political parties; Elections;

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 approximately 20 to 25 active members.^[6]^[7]

Elections

May/June Legislative Elections 2012

In the 6 May 2012 Greek legislative election, 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]

European Elections 2014

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).

European Elections 2019

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 results

Hellenic Parliament

Election	Hellenic Parliament					Rank	Government	Leader
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Rank	Government	Leader
May 2012	32,519	0.51%	New	0 / 300	New	19th	Extra-parliamentary	Collective leadership
Jun 2012	14,170	0.23%	−0.28	0 / 300	0	15th	Extra-parliamentary
Jan 2015	Did not contest			0 / 300	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
Sep 2015^[a]	15,282	0.28%	+0.05	0 / 300	0	14th	Extra-parliamentary
2019	Did not contest			0 / 300	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
May 2023	Did not contest			0 / 300	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
Jun 2023^[b]	15,911	0.31%	+0.03	0 / 300	0	15th	Extra-parliamentary

^ Run in coalition with Democrats and Society of Values.
^ Run as part of the Green & Purple coalition.

References

^ "Greek pirates willing to "sail" in the local political ocean".
^ Αρχές-Πρόγραμμα (in Greek). Pirateparty.gr.
^ "Pirates of the world united in Prague at the Pirate Parties International conference 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08.
^ Το Κόμμα των Πειρατών πήρε θέση στην πολιτική ζωή της Ελλάδας (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
^ el:Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας#Ιστορία^{[circular reference]}
^ "Pirateparty.gr forum • Προβολή θέματος - Ψηφοφορία για την συνεργασία με την ΛΑ.Ε." Archived from the original on 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
^ "Μετάφραση Google".
^ "Parliamentary Elections May 2012" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19.
^ "Parliamentary Elections June 2012" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19.
^ "European Elections May 2014" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27.
^ "Παρουσίαση υποψηφίων Ευρωβουλευτών Κόμματος Πειρατών Ελλάδας" [Presentation of Pirate Party Greece's candidates for MEPs] (in Greek). Pirate Party of Greece. 2019-04-18. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
^ "Επικράτεια | Ευρωεκλογές - Μάιος 2019" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Retrieved June 2, 2019.

External links

Official website

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[13] Run in coalition with Democrats and Society of Values.

[14] Run as part of the Green & Purple coalition.

[1] "Greek pirates willing to "sail" in the local political ocean".

[2] Αρχές-Πρόγραμμα (in Greek). Pirateparty.gr.

[3] "Pirates of the world united in Prague at the Pirate Parties International conference 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08.

[4] Το Κόμμα των Πειρατών πήρε θέση στην πολιτική ζωή της Ελλάδας (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

[5] :Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας#Ιστορία^{[circular reference]}

[6] "Pirateparty.gr forum • Προβολή θέματος - Ψηφοφορία για την συνεργασία με την ΛΑ.Ε." Archived from the original on 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-06-01.

[7] "Μετάφραση Google".

[8] "Parliamentary Elections May 2012" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19.

[9] "Parliamentary Elections June 2012" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19.

[10] "European Elections May 2014" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27.

[11] "Παρουσίαση υποψηφίων Ευρωβουλευτών Κόμματος Πειρατών Ελλάδας" [Presentation of Pirate Party Greece's candidates for MEPs] (in Greek). Pirate Party of Greece. 2019-04-18. Retrieved June 2, 2019.

[12] "Επικράτεια | Ευρωεκλογές - Μάιος 2019" (in Greek). Greek Ministry of Interior. Retrieved June 2, 2019.

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