Headquarters Athens | European affiliation European Pirate Party | |
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Leader Has no leader, but a management board. Founded January 14, 2012 (2012-01-14) Ideology Pirate politics,
Direct Democracy International affiliation Pirate Parties International | ||
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.
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The party was founded on 14 January 2012. It was officially recognised on 10 February 2012, and had 480 members on that date.
The Pirate Party of Greece is a full member of Pirate Parties International.
The Greek Pirate Party supports Direct democracy via e-democracy.
May/June Legislative Elections 2012
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. 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.
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. 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).