Headquarters Brussels, Belgium | Colours Black | |
Founded 21 March 2014 (2014-03-21) Ideology Pirate politicsFreedom of informationDirect democracySocial liberalism International affiliation | ||
The European Pirates (PIRATES) or European Pirate Party (PPEU) is an association of parties aspiring to be recognised as a European political party by the European Union. It was founded on 21 March 2014 at the European Parliament in Brussels in the context of a conference on "European Internet Governance and Beyond", and consists of pirate parties of European countries. The parties cooperate to run a joint campaign for the 2014 European Parliament elections.
The founding meeting elected Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Member of the European Parliament for Piratpartiet, as the first chairperson. The party's members elected to the European Parliament are in The Greens–European Free Alliance.
European 2014 elections results
European Pirate Party got total 868,069 votes (not counting Italy) in the European Parliament election, 2014.