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In the [[Berlin state election, 2011|2011 Berlin state election]], with 8.9 % of the votes<ref>http://www.wahlen-berlin.de/home.asp</ref> the Piratenpartei managed for the first time to overcome the 5 % threshhold and to win seats (numbering 15 out of 141 seats in the [[Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin|Abgeordnetenhaus]]) in a German state parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15397392,00.html | title =
In the [[Berlin state election, 2011|2011 Berlin state election]], with 8.9 % of the votes<ref>http://www.wahlen-berlin.de/home.asp</ref> the Piratenpartei managed for the first time to overcome the 5 % threshhold and to win seats (numbering 15 out of 141 seats in the [[Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin|Abgeordnetenhaus]]) in a German state parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15397392,00.html | title =
Social Democrats win Berlin elections, Pirate Party enters legislation | accessdate = 18 Sep 2011 | publisher= [[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref>
Social Democrats win Berlin elections, Pirate Party enters legislation | accessdate = 18 Sep 2011 | publisher= [[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref> This was quite a surprise for them, since they only had 15 candidates on the ballot.


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Pirate Party Germany
Piratenpartei Deutschland
Leader
Sebastian Nerz
Founded10 September 2006
HeadquartersBerlin
Youth wingJunge Piraten
MembershipOver 9,000
IdeologyFreedom of Information, privacy, copyright and patent reform, transparency of government, education, Civil libertarianism
International affiliationPirate Parties International
ColoursOrange/Black
Seats in the Bundestag
0 / 622
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
15 / 1,859
Seats in the European Parliament
0 / 99
Website
piratenpartei.de

The Pirate Party Germany (German: Piratenpartei Deutschland; short: PIRATEN, "Pirates") is a political party in Germany based on the model of the Swedish Piratpartiet.[1][2]

Party Platform

The party supports the preservation of current civil rights in telephony and on the Internet; in particular, it opposes the European data retention policies and Germany's new Internet censorship law called Zugangserschwerungsgesetz. It also opposes artificial monopolies and various measures of surveillance of citizens.

The party favors the civil right to information privacy and reforms of copyright, education, computer science and genetic patents.

It promotes in particular an enhanced transparency of government by implementing open source governance and providing for APIs to allow for electronic inspection and monitoring of government operations by the citizen.[3]

History

Development of membership
(dated: 15 April 2010)

The party was founded on 10 September 2006. The party leader has been Jens Seipenbusch since 4 July 2009, who was also head of the Pirates from 2007 to 2008.[4][5] Previous leaders were Dirk Hillbrecht and Christof Leng.

In February 2009, the village spokesperson of Hohenstein and as such city councillor in Strausberg Jens Knoblich joined the Pirate Party Germany.[6][7] In June 2009, Bundestag member Jörg Tauss left the SPD and joined the Pirate Party[8] after the Zugangserschwerungsgesetz was passed, but left the Pirate Party in 2010 when he was convicted for possession of child pornography.[9] In late August 2009, Herbert Rusche, one of the founding members of the German Green Party and, in the 1980s, the first openly homosexual member of parliament in Germany, joined the Pirate Party.[10][11]

Election results

2009 German Federal election

On 27 September 2009, the PIRATEN received 2.0% (845,904 votes) in the 2009 German federal election. This result means that the party failed to secure any seat in the Bundestag, however this was also the best result among the parties who didn't achieve the required 5% threshold. Among the first-time male voters the party received 13%.[12]

On account of the election results in 2009 the party fulfils the conditions for the preservation of public allowances, for 2009 even at the rate of 31,504.68€ (relative upper limit) which is cancelled in full extent to the PIRATEN state associations Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. The calculation was made on the total receipts of the party in 2008. Besides, the participation in federal state elections has precedence. The possible limit of the public allowances (absolute upper limit) at the rate of 840,554.51€ could not be assigned to the party.[13]

2009 European Parliament election

Election results in the 2009 European Parliament election

It received 229,117 votes in the 2009 European Parliament election, which was 0.9%, but not enough (at least 5%) for a seat.[14][15][16] The number of party members has increased since then. As of March 2010, the party had over 12,000 members.[17]

German State and Regional elections

On 30 August 2009, the PIRATEN received 1.9% in the 2009 Saxony state election. On the same day, the party also received one seat in each council in the local elections of Münster and Aachen, although candidates of the party ran for office only in some constituencies of both cities.[18]

Support for The PIRATEN differ somewhat between States. The party received 1.8% in the 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election and 1.5% in the 2010 North Rhine-Westphalia state election (though without securing seats[19][20]), but only 0.5% in the 2009 Hesse state election and did not participate in the 2009 Brandenburg and Saarland state elections.

The party received 2.1 % in the 2011 Hamburg state elections, though it was not yet enough to gain seats in the State parliament. In the Baden-Württemberg state election, 2011 the Pirate party was able to repeat this result. In the Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 they received 1.4% or 13,828 votes, in the Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2011 they achieved 1.6% of the votes.

In the 2011 Berlin state election, with 8.9 % of the votes[21] the Piratenpartei managed for the first time to overcome the 5 % threshhold and to win seats (numbering 15 out of 141 seats in the Abgeordnetenhaus) in a German state parliament.[22] This was quite a surprise for them, since they only had 15 candidates on the ballot.

References

  1. ^ Steinke, Peter (19 December 2008), "Wahlleiter lässt kleine Parteien zu: Freie Fahrt für die Piraten", Frankfurter Rundschau Template:De icon.
  2. ^ Hauck, Mirjam (17 September 2009), "Razzia wegen Bundestrojaner: Bedingt abhörbereit", Süddeutsche Zeitung Template:De icon.
  3. ^ Electoral program of the Piratenpartei (english version)
  4. ^ "Die Piratenpartei Deutschland". Die Welt (in German). 21 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Fighting for Internet Freedom: Pirate Party Makes Bid for German Parliament". Der Spiegel. 26 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Erstes Mandat für die Piratenpartei". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 6 February 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Piratenpartei zieht in Parlament in Brandenburg ein". Märkische Allgemeine (in German). dpa. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Lawmaker quits German governing party over Internet curbs aimed at halting child porn". Yahoo. The Canadian Press / AP. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009. [dead link]
  9. ^ http://www.piratenpartei.de/Pressemitteilung-100530-Joerg-Tauss-erklaert-seinen-Austritt-aus-der-Piratenpartei
  10. ^ "Mitgründer der Grünen wird Pirat". 27 August 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  11. ^ "Grünen-Gründer Rusche wechselt zur Piratenpartei", Bild Zeitung, 27 August 2009 Template:De icon.
  12. ^ Allen, Kristen (28 September 2009), "Pirate Party fires broadside at German political establishment", The Local.
  13. ^ Gesamtübersicht Festsetzung der staatlichen Teilfinanzierung für das Jahr 2009 gemäß §§ 18 ff. PartG (in German), dated: 21 January 2010.
  14. ^ "EU Parliament Elections 2009 poll results for Germany". 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  15. ^ http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/europawahlen/EU_BUND_09/ergebnisse/bundesergebnisse/b_tabelle_99.html
  16. ^ Carp, Ossi (9 June 2009). "Piratpartiets framgång internationell nyhet". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  17. ^ members
  18. ^ Piraten ziehen in Stadträte ein (German), gulli.com, 30 August 2009
  19. ^ "Endgültiges Ergebnis für Nordrhein-Westfalen". Landtagswahl 2010 (in German). Die Landeswahlleiterin des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  20. ^ http://www.statistik-sh.de/WSD09/LW09/la_4_2_5.htm
  21. ^ http://www.wahlen-berlin.de/home.asp
  22. ^ "Social Democrats win Berlin elections, Pirate Party enters legislation". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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