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{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
|name = Pirate Parties International
| name = Pirate Parties International
|image = PPI_signet.svg
| image = PPI_signet.svg
|size = 162px
| size = 162px
|alt = PPI signet
| alt = PPI signet
|abbreviation = PPI
| abbreviation = PPI
|formation = {{start date|2010|04|18|df=y}}
| formation = {{start date|2010|04|18|df=y}}
|type = [[International nongovernmental organisation]]
| type = [[International nongovernmental organisation]]
|status = Association
| status = Association
|purpose = Political
| purpose = Political
|headquarters = [[Brussels, Belgium]]
| headquarters = [[Brussels, Belgium]]
|membership = Pirate parties and affiliated associations
| membership = Pirate parties and affiliated associations
|leader_title = Chairperson
| leader_title = Chairperson
|leader_name = [[Bailey Lamon]] {{flagicon|CAN}}
| leader_name = [[Grégory Engels]]
|leader_title2 = Vice-Chairperson
| leader_title2 = Vice-Chairperson
|leader_name2 = [[Gregory Engels]] {{flagicon|DEU}}
| leader_name2 = [[Keith L. Goldstein]]
|leader_title3 = General Secretary
| leader_title3 = General Secretary
|leader_name3 = [[Michal Gill]] {{flagicon|CZE}}
| leader_name3 = [[To be determined|TBD]]
|leader_title4 = Treasurer
| leader_title4 = Treasurer
|leader_name4 = [[Sebastian Krone]] {{flagicon|DEU}}
| leader_name4 = [[To be determined|TBD]]
|main_organ = General Assembly
| main_organ = General Assembly
|website = [http://www.pp-international.net/ www.pp-international.net]
| website = [http://www.pp-international.net/ www.pp-international.net]
}}
}}
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'''Pirate Parties International''' ('''PPI''') is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with headquarters in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]].<ref name="www.presseurop.eu">{{cite web |url = http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/234921-pirate-international-born |title = The Pirate International is born |publisher = [[Presseurop]] |date = 2010-04-20 |access-date = 2010-05-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110102054618/http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/234921-pirate-international-born |archive-date = 2011-01-02 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Formed in 2010, it serves as a worldwide organization for [[Pirate Party|Pirate Parties]], currently representing 39 members from 36 countries across Europe, Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia. The Pirate Parties are political incarnations of the freedom of expression movement, trying to achieve their goals by the means of the established political system rather than just through activism. In 2017 PPI had been granted special [[consultative status]] to the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]].<ref>https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/ecosoc6843.doc.htm</ref>
'''Pirate Parties International''' ('''PPI''') is an [[Political international|international]] [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] and [[non-governmental organization]] with headquarters in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]].<ref name="www.presseurop.eu">{{cite web |url = http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/234921-pirate-international-born |title = The Pirate International is born |publisher = [[Presseurop]] |date = 2010-04-20 |access-date = 2010-05-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110102054618/http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/234921-pirate-international-born |archive-date = 2011-01-02 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Formed in 2010, it serves as a worldwide organization for [[Pirate Party|Pirate Parties]], currently representing 39 members from 36 countries across [[Europe]], the [[Americas]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and [[Australasia]]. The '''Pirate Parties''' are political incarnations of the [[freedom of expression]] movement, trying to achieve their goals by the means of the established [[political system]] rather than just through [[activism]]. In 2017, PPI had been granted special [[consultative status]] to the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/ecosoc6843.doc.htm|title=Non-Governmental Organizations Committee Recommends Economic and Social Council Grant Special Status to 14 Entities, Postpones Action on 53 Others &#124; Meetings Coverage and Press Releases}}</ref>


==Aims==
==Aims==


The PPI statutes<ref name=PPIStat>{{cite web | title = Pirate Parties International Statutes | url = http://int.piratenpartei.de/wiki/images/a/a6/Statutes_of_the_Pirate_Parties_International.pdf | access-date = 2010-10-07 | date = 2010-04-18 | publisher = Pirate Parties International | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115756/http://int.piratenpartei.de/wiki/images/a/a6/Statutes_of_the_Pirate_Parties_International.pdf | archive-date = 2019-02-24 | url-status = dead }}</ref> give its purposes as:<blockquote>''to help establish, to support and promote, and to maintain communication and co-operation between pirate parties around the world.''</blockquote>The PPI advocate on the international level for the promotion of the goals its Members share such as protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the digital age, consumer and authors rights-oriented reform of copyright and related rights, support of information privacy, transparency, and free access to information.
The PPI statutes<ref name=PPIStat>{{cite web | title = Pirate Parties International Statutes | url = http://int.piratenpartei.de/wiki/images/a/a6/Statutes_of_the_Pirate_Parties_International.pdf | access-date = 2010-10-07 | date = 2010-04-18 | publisher = Pirate Parties International | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115756/http://int.piratenpartei.de/wiki/images/a/a6/Statutes_of_the_Pirate_Parties_International.pdf | archive-date = 2019-02-24 | url-status = dead }}</ref> give its purposes as:<blockquote>''to help establish, to support and promote, and to maintain communication and co-operation between pirate parties around the world.''</blockquote>The PPI advocate on the international level for the promotion of the goals. Its members share such as protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the digital age, consumer and authors rights-oriented reform of copyright and related rights, support of information privacy, transparency, and free access to information.


The name "Pirates" itself is a reappropriation of the title that was given to internet users by the representatives of the music and film industry and does not refer to any illegal activity.
The name "Pirates" itself is a reappropriation of the title that was given to internet users by the representatives of the music and film industry and does not refer to any illegal activity.
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=== Member Parties===
=== Member Parties===
As of 1 January 2021, PPI has the following 40<ref>{{cite web
As of July 2 2022, PPI has the following 31<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2020_05_30#1.1_-_Ordinary_Members_of_PPI
| url = https://pp-international.net/pirate-parties/
| title = PPI Dec 6 2020 General Assembly | date = 2020-12-06| access-date = 2021-01-01
| title = PPI Member Parties | date = 2022-07-04| access-date = 2022-07-04
| work = [[BBC News]] | publisher = [[BBC]]}}</ref> ordinary members with the voting power of 37 (parties sharing territory split the vote among themselves):
| work = PPI }}</ref> Ordinary members with the voting power of 28 (parties sharing territory split the vote among themselves):


==== Africa ====
# {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Pirate Party of Austria]]
# {{flagicon|BLR}} [[The Pirates Center of Belarus]]
# {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Pirate Party (Tunisia)|Pirate Party of Tunisia]]
==== Asia and the Pacific ====
# {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Pirate Party (Belgium)|Pirate Party of Belgium]]
# {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Pirate Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
# {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Pirate Party of New Zealand]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with IP New Zealand)
# {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Internet Party (New Zealand)|Internet Party New Zealand]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with PP New Zealand)
==== Americas ====
# {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pirate Party of Brazil]]
# {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pirate Party of Brazil]]
# {{flagicon|BGR}} [[Pirate Party of Bulgaria]]
# {{flagicon|CAT}} [[Pirate Party of Catalonia]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with Spain)
# {{flagicon|CHL}} [[Pirate Party of Chile]]
# {{flagicon|CHL}} [[Pirate Party of Chile]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Pirate Party of Venezuela]]
==== Europe ====
# {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Pirate Party (Belgium)|Pirate Party of Belgium]]
# {{flagicon|CAT}} [[Pirate Party of Catalonia]]
# {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|EST}} [[Estonian Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|EST}} [[Estonian Pirate Party]]
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# {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Pirate Party of Israel]]
# {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Pirate Party of Israel]]
# {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Pirate Party of Japan]]
# {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Pirate Party of Kazakhstan]]
# {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Pirate Party of Korea (South)]]
# {{flagicon|LVA}} [[Pirate Party of Latvia]]
# {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Pirate Party Luxembourg]]
# {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Pirate Party Luxembourg]]
# {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Pirate Party of Morocco]]
# {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Pirate Party (Netherlands)|Pirate Party of Netherlands]]
# {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Pirate Party (Netherlands)|Pirate Party of Netherlands]]
# {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Pirate Party of New Zealand]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with IP New Zealand)
# {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Internet Party (New Zealand)|Internet Party New Zealand]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with PP New Zealand)
# {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Pirate Party of Norway]]
# {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Pirate Party of Norway]]
# {{flagicon|POL}} [[Polish Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|POL}} [[Polish Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|PRT}} [[Portuguese Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|PRT}} [[Portuguese Pirate Party]]
# {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Pirate Party Romania]]
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pirate Party of Russia]]
# {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pirate Party of Russia]]
# {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pirate Party (Spain)|Pirate Party of Spain]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with Catalonia)
# {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Pirate Party of Serbia]]
# {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Pirate Party of the Slovak Republic|Pirate Party of Slovakia]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Slovakia)
# {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Pirate Party of the Slovak Republic|Pirate Party of Slovakia]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Slovakia)
# {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Pirate Party - Slovakia]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Slovakia)
# {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Pirate Party - Slovakia]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Slovakia)
# {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Pirate Party (Slovenia)|Pirate Party of Slovenia]]
# {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Pirate Party Switzerland]]
# {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Pirate Party Switzerland]]
# {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Pirate Party (Tunisia)|Pirate Party of Tunisia]]
# {{flagicon|TUR}} Pirate Party of Turkey (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Turkey)
# {{flagicon|TUR}} Pirate Party of Turkey (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Turkey)
# {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Pirate Party Turkey]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Turkey)
# {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Pirate Party Turkey]] (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Turkey)
# {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Pirate Party of Ukraine|Ukrainian Pirate Community]]
# {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Pirate Party of Ukraine]]
# {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Pirate Party of Venezuela]]


=== Resignations ===
=== Resignations ===
In February 2015, [[Pirate Party Australia]] resigned from PPI due to serious disagreement with the direction and management of the organization.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2015-February/015834.html | access-date=2015-02-11 | date=2015-02-11 | title = Pirate Party Australia resigns from PPI}}</ref> In the same month, [[Pirate Party UK]] also resigned<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blogs/editor/ppuk-leaves-ppi | access-date=2015-02-25 | date=2015-02-25 | title = PPUK leaves PPI}}</ref> and in March the [[Pirate Party (Belgium)|Belgian Pirate Party]] suspended its membership within PPI.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://piratetimes.net/ppbe-suspends-their-ppi-membership/ | access-date=2015-03-08 | date = 2015-03-04 | title = PPBE suspends their PPI membership}}</ref>
In February 2015, [[Pirate Party Australia]] resigned from PPI due to serious disagreement with the direction and management of the organization.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2015-February/015834.html | access-date=2015-02-11 | date=2015-02-11 | title = Pirate Party Australia resigns from PPI}}</ref> In the same month, [[Pirate Party UK]] also resigned<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blogs/editor/ppuk-leaves-ppi | access-date=2015-02-25 | date=2015-02-25 | title=PPUK leaves PPI | archive-date=10 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110063320/http://pirateparty.org.uk/blogs/editor/ppuk-leaves-ppi | url-status=dead }}</ref> and in March the [[Pirate Party (Belgium)|Belgian Pirate Party]] suspended its membership within PPI.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://piratetimes.net/ppbe-suspends-their-ppi-membership/ | access-date=2015-03-08 | date = 2015-03-04 | title = PPBE suspends their PPI membership}}</ref>

On 20 April 2015, the [[Pirate Party of Iceland]] voted overwhelmingly to leave PPI.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://piratetimes.net/icelandic-pirates-ppis-vote-to-leave-ppi-and-birgitta-only-politician-to-increase-in-trust/ | access-date=2015-04-20 | date = 2015-04-20 | title = Icelandic Pirates: PPIS Vote to Leave PPI and Birgitta only Politician to increase in Trust}}</ref> A member of the executive, Arnaldur Sigurðarson, reported a 96.56% vote in favor of leaving, adding: "PPI has been pretty much useless when it comes to its objectives which should be to encourage international cooperation between Pirate Parties."

In May 2015, the [[Pirate Party of Sweden]] resolved with a significant majority to leave PPI, canceling their observer status.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mote.piratpartiet.se/showthread.php?t=40246 | access-date=2015-05-10 | date=2015-05-10 | title=Motion P01: Proposition ang. att lämna observatörsmedlemskapet i PPI | archive-date=15 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115194616/https://mote.piratpartiet.se/showthread.php?t=40246 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


In July 2016, the [[Pirate Party of Canada]] officially withdrew from Pirate Parties International citing ongoing troubles with the organization as well as a failure to adequately provide any accomplishments over its history.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
On 20 April 2015, the [[Pirate Party of Iceland]] voted overwhelmingly to leave PPI.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://piratetimes.net/icelandic-pirates-ppis-vote-to-leave-ppi-and-birgitta-only-politician-to-increase-in-trust/ | access-date=2015-04-20 | date = 2015-04-20 | title = Icelandic Pirates: PPIS Vote to Leave PPI and Birgitta only Politician to increase in Trust}}</ref> A member of the executive, Arnaldur Sigurðarson, reported a 96.56% vote in favor of leaving, adding: “PPI has been pretty much useless when it comes to its objectives which should be to encourage international cooperation between Pirate Parties.”


In May 2015, the [[Pirate Party of Sweden]] resolved with a significant majority to leave PPI, canceling their observer status.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mote.piratpartiet.se/showthread.php?t=40246 | access-date=2015-05-10 | date = 2015-05-10 | title = Motion P01: Proposition ang. att lämna observatörsmedlemskapet i PPI}}</ref>
In 2022, the [[Pirate Party of Austria]] withdrew from the Pirate Parties International.<ref>{{Cite web |last=desertrold |date=2022-12-17 |title=Stellungnahme zum PPI-Austritt |url=https://basis.piratenpartei.at/blog/2022/12/17/stellungnahme-zum-ppi-austritt/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=ppAT Basisblog |language=de-DE}}</ref>


In December 2023, Florie Marie resigned from her role as chairperson of the Pirate Parties International after less than one year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discours : Ma démission de la présidence du Parti Pirate International / My resign of the presidency of the International Pirate Parties – Bienvenue par minou |url=https://floriemarie.fr/index.php/2023/12/09/discours-ma-demission-de-la-presidence-du-parti-pirate-international-my-resign-of-the-presidency-of-the-international-pirate-parties/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
In July 2016, the [[Pirate Party of Canada]] officially withdrew from Pirate Parties International citing ongoing troubles with the organization as well as a failure to adequately provide any accomplishments over its history.


== Structure ==
== Structure ==
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III/2011
III/2011
| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Grégory Engels]],<br/>
| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Grégory Engels]],<br/>
{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Jerry Weyer]]
{{flagicon|LUX}} Jerry Weyer
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Joachim Mönch
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Joachim Mönch
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Nicolas Sahlqvist
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Nicolas Sahlqvist
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|-
|-
| 11th Board
| 11th Board
| XII/2020
| since
I/2022
XII/2020
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Bailey Lamon (chair)<br/>
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Bailey Lamon (chair)<br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Grégory Engels (vice-chair)
{{flagicon|DEU}} Grégory Engels (vice-chair)
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{{flagicon|DEU}} Thomas Gaul,<br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Thomas Gaul,<br/>
{{flagicon|NED}} Ji Yong Dijkhuis<br/>
{{flagicon|NED}} Ji Yong Dijkhuis<br/>
|-

| 12th Board
| since
I/2022
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Bailey Lamon (chair)<br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Grégory Engels (vice-chair)
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Gill
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Krone
|
{{flagicon|ISR}} Keith L. Goldstein,<br/>
{{flagicon|CHE}} Carlos Polo,<br/>
{{flagicon|CHI}} Manuel Caicedo,<br/>
{{flagicon|CAT}} Dario Castane,<br/>
{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Isavnin,<br/>
{{flagicon|CHL}} Mauricio Vargas
|
{{flagicon|NED}} Ji Yong Dijkhuis<br/>
{{flagicon|CZE}} Veronika Murzynová<br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Adam Wolf<br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Krone<br/>
|-
|13th Board
|since I/2023
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Florie Marie (chair)
{{flagicon|DEU}} Grégory Engels (vice-chair)
|TBD
|TBD
|{{flagicon|ISR}} Keith L. Goldstein<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} Michael Toledo<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} Bailey Lamon
{{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Gill<br />{{flagicon|DEU}} Julian Häffner<br />{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Isavnin<br />{{flagicon|CHL}} Mauricio Vargas
|{{flagicon|DEU}} Mia Utz<br />{{flagicon|DEU}} Adam Wolf<br />{{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Krone<br />{{flagicon|CZE}} Raman Ojha<br />{{flagicon|CHE}} Carlos Polo
|-
|14th Board
|since I/2024
|{{flagicon|DEU}} Grégory Engels (chair)
{{flagicon|ISR}} Keith L. Goldstein (vice-chair)
|TBD
|TBD
|{{flagicon|CAN}} Bailey Lamon,<br/>
{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Isavnin,<br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Krone,<br/>
{{flagicon|AUS}} Owen C. Richardson,<br/>
{{flagicon|BRA}} Michael Toledo, <br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Julian Häffner, <br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Mia Utz
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Raman Ojha, <br/>
{{flagicon|CHE}} Carlos Polo, <br/>
{{flagicon|DEU}} Thomas Gaul
|}
|}


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|By video conference only
|By video conference only
|-
|-
|PPI Conference 2020
|PPI General Assembly 2020
|6/12/2020
|6/12/2020
|online
|online
|By video conference only
|By video conference only
|-
|-
|PPI Conference 2021 (w/out board election)
|PPI General Assembly 2021 (w/out board election)
|3/7/2021
|3/7/2021
|online
|online
|By video conference only
|By video conference only
|-
|-
|PPI Conference 2021
|PPI General Assembly 2022
|8/1/2022
|Q4 2021
|online
|TBD
|By video conference only
|TBD
|-
|PPI General Assembly 2022 (w/out board election)
|2/7/2022
|online
|By video conference only
|-
|PPI General Assembly
|28/1/2023
|online
|By video conference only
|}
|}


All conferences are recorded and the minutes are published here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_General_Assembly.
<ref>{{Cite web |title=PPI General Assembly - PPI |url=https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_General_Assembly |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=wiki.pp-international.net}}</ref>


== Pirate Party movement worldwide ==
== Pirate Party movement worldwide ==
See [[Pirate Party]] and [[List of Pirate Parties]] for an overview of all Pirate Parties around the world.
{{Empty section|date=February 2024}}{{See also|Pirate Party|List of Pirate Parties}}

== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
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{{Commons category|Pirate Parties International}}
{{Commons category|Pirate Parties International}}
*{{Official website|http://www.pp-international.net/}}
*{{Official website|http://www.pp-international.net/}}
** [http://wiki.pp-international.net Wiki]
*{{IA|piratepartiesinternational|Pirate Parties International Collection}}


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Latest revision as of 17:00, 7 July 2024

For the general concept, see Pirate Party.
Pirate Parties International
AbbreviationPPI
Formation18 April 2010 (2010-04-18)
TypeInternational nongovernmental organisation
Legal statusAssociation
PurposePolitical
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Membership
Pirate parties and affiliated associations
Chairperson
Grégory Engels
Vice-Chairperson
Keith L. Goldstein
General Secretary
TBD
Treasurer
TBD
Main organ
General Assembly
Websitewww.pp-international.net
Part of a series on
Pirate Parties
Ideas
Parties and groups

Youth wings

Subnational

Multi-national

People
Related topics
  Elected in EU Parliament
  Elected nationally
  Elected locally
  Registered for elections
  Registered in some states
  Unregistered but active
  Status unknown
  Ordinary members
  Observer members

Pirate Parties International (PPI) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.[1] Formed in 2010, it serves as a worldwide organization for Pirate Parties, currently representing 39 members from 36 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia. The Pirate Parties are political incarnations of the freedom of expression movement, trying to achieve their goals by the means of the established political system rather than just through activism. In 2017, PPI had been granted special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[2]

Aims

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The PPI statutes[3] give its purposes as:

to help establish, to support and promote, and to maintain communication and co-operation between pirate parties around the world.

The PPI advocate on the international level for the promotion of the goals. Its members share such as protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the digital age, consumer and authors rights-oriented reform of copyright and related rights, support of information privacy, transparency, and free access to information.

The name "Pirates" itself is a reappropriation of the title that was given to internet users by the representatives of the music and film industry and does not refer to any illegal activity.

History

[edit]

The first Pirate Party was the Swedish Piratpartiet, founded on 1 January 2006. Other parties and groups were formed in Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. In 2007, representatives of these parties met in Vienna, Austria to form an alliance and plan for the 2009 European Parliament elections.[4] Further conferences were held in 2008 in Berlin and Uppsala, the latter leading to the "Uppsala Declaration" of a basic platform for the elections.[5]

In 2009, the original Pirate Party won 7.1% of the vote[6] in Sweden's European Parliament elections and won two of Sweden's twenty MEP seats, inspired by a surge in membership following the trial and conviction of three members of the ideologically aligned Pirate Bay a year earlier.[7]

On 18 April 2010, the Pirate Parties International was formally founded in Brussels at the PPI Conference from April 16 to 18.[1]

Uppsala Declaration

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At the 2009 conference of Pirate Parties International in Uppsala (Sweden), European Pirate parties agreed on a common declaration of the parties' goals for the upcoming election of the European Parliament.[8][9] Central issues of the declaration are:

  • reform of copyright, exemption of non-commercial activity from copyright regulation, reduction of the duration of copyright protections; banning of DRM technologies, opposition to media or hardware levies;
  • reform of patent law, particularly stating that patents on life (including patents on seeds and genes) and software should not be allowed;
  • strengthening civil rights, transparent government, speedy and fair trial, freedom of speech, and expansion of the right to anonymity in communication.

Prague Declaration

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At the conference of Pirate Parties International in Prague (Czech Republic) in 2012, European Pirate parties agreed to run in the elections to the European Parliament in the year 2014 with a common program as well as establish a European political party (European Pirate Party, PPEU). The declaration[10] has been followed by conferences in Potsdam and Barcelona to work on the structure of the legal body to come and the statutes for it.

Member Parties

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As of July 2 2022, PPI has the following 31[11] Ordinary members with the voting power of 28 (parties sharing territory split the vote among themselves):

Africa

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  1. Tunisia Pirate Party of Tunisia

Asia and the Pacific

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  1. New Zealand Pirate Party of New Zealand (1/2 vote; vote shared with IP New Zealand)
  2. New Zealand Internet Party New Zealand (1/2 vote; vote shared with PP New Zealand)

Americas

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  1. Brazil Pirate Party of Brazil
  2. Chile Pirate Party of Chile
  3. United States United States Pirate Party
  4. Venezuela Pirate Party of Venezuela

Europe

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  1. Belgium Pirate Party of Belgium
  2. Catalonia Pirate Party of Catalonia
  3. Czech Republic Czech Pirate Party
  4. Estonia Estonian Pirate Party
  5. France Pirate Party of France
  6. Germany Pirate Party Germany
  7. Greece Pirate Party of Greece
  8. Hungary Pirate Party of Hungary
  9. Israel Pirate Party of Israel
  10. Italy Italian Pirate Party
  11. Luxembourg Pirate Party Luxembourg
  12. Netherlands Pirate Party of Netherlands
  13. Norway Pirate Party of Norway
  14. Poland Polish Pirate Party
  15. Portugal Portuguese Pirate Party
  16. Russia Pirate Party of Russia
  17. Serbia Pirate Party of Serbia
  18. Slovakia Pirate Party of Slovakia (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Slovakia)
  19. Slovakia Pirate Party - Slovakia (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Slovakia)
  20. Switzerland Pirate Party Switzerland
  21. Turkey Pirate Party of Turkey (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Turkey)
  22. Turkey Pirate Party Turkey (1/2 vote; vote shared with the other Turkey)
  23. Ukraine Pirate Party of Ukraine

Resignations

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In February 2015, Pirate Party Australia resigned from PPI due to serious disagreement with the direction and management of the organization.[12] In the same month, Pirate Party UK also resigned[13] and in March the Belgian Pirate Party suspended its membership within PPI.[14]

On 20 April 2015, the Pirate Party of Iceland voted overwhelmingly to leave PPI.[15] A member of the executive, Arnaldur Sigurðarson, reported a 96.56% vote in favor of leaving, adding: "PPI has been pretty much useless when it comes to its objectives which should be to encourage international cooperation between Pirate Parties."

In May 2015, the Pirate Party of Sweden resolved with a significant majority to leave PPI, canceling their observer status.[16]

In July 2016, the Pirate Party of Canada officially withdrew from Pirate Parties International citing ongoing troubles with the organization as well as a failure to adequately provide any accomplishments over its history.[citation needed]

In 2022, the Pirate Party of Austria withdrew from the Pirate Parties International.[17]

In December 2023, Florie Marie resigned from her role as chairperson of the Pirate Parties International after less than one year.[18]

Structure

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The PPI is governed by a board, formerly led by two co-chairs,[19] and since the Warsaw conference of 2015 by a chair and a vice-chair. Policy, governance, and applications for membership are the responsibility of the PPI General Assembly which must convene at least once per year.[20] By the current rules, board members are elected for a two-year term, half of the board being elected every year. Since the 2019 General Assembly, the Board has 9 members (previously 7). General Secretary and Treasurer positions are filled by the board by its members.

PPI Board
No. Term Co-Chairs (chair & vice-chair from 2015 onwards) General Secretary Treasurer Member of the board Alternates
1st Board IV/2010

III/2011

Germany Grégory Engels,

Luxembourg Jerry Weyer

Germany Joachim Mönch Sweden Nicolas Sahlqvist

Serbia Aleksandar Blagojevic,
Czech Republic Jakub Michálek,
Bulgaria Bogomil Shopov

–
2nd Board III/2011

IV/2012

Netherlands Samir Allioui,

Czech Republic Marcel Kolaja
(receded)

Russia Lola Voronina Switzerland Pat Mächler

United Kingdom Finlay Archibald
(receded),
France Paul da Silva
(receded),
Germany Thomas Gaul

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3rd Board IV/2012

IV/2013

Germany Grégory Engels,

Russia Lola Voronina

Canada Travis McCrea United Kingdom Ed Geraghty

Portugal Nuno Cardoso,
Serbia Jelena Jovanović,
Switzerland Denis Simonet

Australia Brendan Molloy,
Germany Thomas Gaul,
Italy Alessandra Minoni,
United States Andrew Norton
(receded)

4th Board IV/2013

IV/2014

Germany Grégory Engels,

Czech Republic Vojtěch Pikal

Germany Thomas Gaul Luxembourg Marc Tholl

Portugal Nuno Cardoso,
Russia Azat Gabrakhmanov,
Switzerland Denis Simonet

Serbia Jelena Jovanović,
Belgium Paul Bossu,
Poland Radosław Pietroń,
Turkey Yasin Aydın

5th Board IV/2014

VII/2015

Croatia Maša Čorak,

Belgium Koen de Voegt

Germany Thomas Gaul Germany Sebastian Krone

Germany Grégory Engels,
Norway Anders Kleppe,
Greece Stathis Leivaditis

Italy Marco Confalonieri,
Turkey Yasin Aydın,
Japan Min Chiaki,
Tunisia Chemseddine Ben Jemaa

6th Board VII/2015

VII/2016

New Zealand Andrew Reitemeyer (chair)

Germany Patrick Schiffer (vice-chair)

Brazil Henrique Peer Mexico Karla Medrano

Japan Min Chiaki,
Tunisia Chemseddine Ben Jemaa,
Switzerland Dr. Richard Hill,

Norway Anders Kleppe,
Russia Nikolay Voronov,
Belgium Koen De Voegt,
Germany Grégory Engels

7th Board VII/2016

XI/2017

Switzerland Guillaume Saouli (chair)

Canada Bailey Lamon (vice-chair)

Germany Thomas Gaul Israel Keith L. Goldstein

New Zealand Andrew Reitemeyer,
Norway Raymond Johansen,
Belgium Koen De Voegt

Russia Nikolay Voronov,
Germany Patrick Schiffer,
Germany Adam Wolf,
Germany Grégory Engels

8th Board XI/2017

XI/2018

Switzerland Guillaume Saouli (chair)

Canada Bailey Lamon (vice-chair)

Israel Keith L. Goldstein Germany Thomas Gaul

Belgium Koen De Voegt,
Norway Raymond Johansen,
Russia Nikolay Voronov

Germany Adam Wolf,
France Etienne Evellin,
Brazil Daniel Dantas Prazeres,
Germany Grégory Engels

9th Board XI/2018

XII/2019

Switzerland Guillaume Saouli (chair)

Canada Bailey Lamon (vice-chair)

Israel Keith L. Goldstein Czech Republic Michal Gill

France Etienne Evellin,
Norway Raymond Johansen,
Czech Republic Ladislav Koubek

Brazil Daniel Dantas Prazeres,
Germany Grégory Engels,
Canada Kitty Hundal,
France Cédric Levieux

10th Board XII/2019

XII/2020

Canada Bailey Lamon (chair)

Germany Grégory Engels (vice-chair)

Israel Keith L. Goldstein Brazil Daniel Dantas Prazeres

France Cédric Levieux,
Germany Thomas Gaul,
Czech Republic Michal Gill,
Norway Linda B. Tørklep,
Italy Giuseppe Calandra

Germany Sebastian Krone,
Switzerland Carlos Polo,
Norway Svein Mork Dahl,
Italy Cristina Diana Bargu[21]

11th Board XII/2020

I/2022

Canada Bailey Lamon (chair)

Germany Grégory Engels (vice-chair)

Czech Republic Michal Gill Germany Sebastian Krone

Israel Keith L. Goldstein,
Switzerland Carlos Polo,
Chile Manuel Caicedo,
Catalonia Dario Castane,
Brazil Daniel Dantas Prazeres

Norway Svein Mork Dahl,
Germany Thomas Gaul,
Netherlands Ji Yong Dijkhuis

12th Board since

I/2022

Canada Bailey Lamon (chair)

Germany Grégory Engels (vice-chair)

Czech Republic Michal Gill Germany Sebastian Krone

Israel Keith L. Goldstein,
Switzerland Carlos Polo,
Chile Manuel Caicedo,
Catalonia Dario Castane,
Russia Alexander Isavnin,
Chile Mauricio Vargas

Netherlands Ji Yong Dijkhuis
Czech Republic Veronika Murzynová
Germany Adam Wolf
Germany Sebastian Krone

13th Board since I/2023 France Florie Marie (chair)

Germany Grégory Engels (vice-chair)

TBD TBD Israel Keith L. Goldstein
Brazil Michael Toledo
Canada Bailey Lamon

Czech Republic Michal Gill
Germany Julian Häffner
Russia Alexander Isavnin
Chile Mauricio Vargas

Germany Mia Utz
Germany Adam Wolf
Germany Sebastian Krone
Czech Republic Raman Ojha
Switzerland Carlos Polo
14th Board since I/2024 Germany Grégory Engels (chair)

Israel Keith L. Goldstein (vice-chair)

TBD TBD Canada Bailey Lamon,

Russia Alexander Isavnin,
Germany Sebastian Krone,
Australia Owen C. Richardson,
Brazil Michael Toledo,
Germany Julian Häffner,
Germany Mia Utz

Czech Republic Raman Ojha,

Switzerland Carlos Polo,
Germany Thomas Gaul

All board meetings are recorded and the minutes are published here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Board/Board_Meetings.

PPI Conferences

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International Pirate Party Meetings
Name Date of Meeting Location Host Party
International Conference 2007 8-10/6/2007 Vienna, Austria
International Conference 1/2008 26-27/1/2008 Berlin, Germany
International Conference 2/2008 27-29/6/2008 Uppsala, Sweden
PPI Conference 2010 (Founding Conference) 16-18/4/2010 Brussels, Belgium Pirate Party Belgium
PPI Conference 2011 12-13/3/2011 Friedrichshafen, Germany Pirate Party Germany
PPI Conference 2012 14-15/4/2012 Prague, Czech Republic Czech Pirate Party
Pirate Summer Conference 9-10/6/2012 Aarau, Switzerland Pirate Party Aargau
PPI Conference 2013 20-21/4/2013 Kazan, Russia Pirate Party of Russia
PPI Conference 2014 12-13/4/2014 Paris, France, on OpenSpace Conference Pirate Party of France
PPI Conference 2015 4-5/7/2015 Warsaw, Poland, on OpenSpace Conference Pirate Party of Poland
PPI Conference 2016 23-24/7/2016 Berlin, Germany Pirate Party of Berlin
PPI Conference 2017 25-23/11/2017 Geneva, Switzerland Pirate Party of Switzerland
PPI Conference 2018 3-4/11/2018, online continuation on 10/11/2018 Munich, Germany Pirate Party Germany, Pirate Party Bavaria
PPI Conference 2019 7-8/12/2019 online By video conference only
PPI Conference 2020 (w/out board election) 30/5/2020 online By video conference only
PPI General Assembly 2020 6/12/2020 online By video conference only
PPI General Assembly 2021 (w/out board election) 3/7/2021 online By video conference only
PPI General Assembly 2022 8/1/2022 online By video conference only
PPI General Assembly 2022 (w/out board election) 2/7/2022 online By video conference only
PPI General Assembly 28/1/2023 online By video conference only

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Pirate Party movement worldwide

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See also: Pirate Party and List of Pirate Parties

References

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  13. ^ "PPUK leaves PPI". 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  14. ^ "PPBE suspends their PPI membership". 4 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Icelandic Pirates: PPIS Vote to Leave PPI and Birgitta only Politician to increase in Trust". 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  16. ^ "Motion P01: Proposition ang. att lämna observatörsmedlemskapet i PPI". 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  17. ^ desertrold (17 December 2022). "Stellungnahme zum PPI-Austritt". ppAT Basisblog (in German). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Discours : Ma démission de la présidence du Parti Pirate International / My resign of the presidency of the International Pirate Parties – Bienvenue par minou" (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  19. ^ Pirate Parties International Statutes, Article XIII.
  20. ^ Pirate Parties International Statutes, Articles IX - XI.
  21. ^ "Resigned on 22nd of February 2020". Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  22. ^ "PPI General Assembly - PPI". wiki.pp-international.net. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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