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Czech Pirate Party
Česká pirátská strana
LeaderIvan Bartoš
Founded17 June 2009 (2009-06-17)
HeadquartersŘehořova 943/19
130 00, Praha 3[1]
Membership (2016)436[2]
IdeologyPirate politics
Direct democracy[3]
Pro-Europeanism[4]
Political positionCentre[5]
European affiliationEuropean Pirate Party
International affiliationPirate Parties International
Colours  Black
Chamber of Deputies
22 / 200
Senate
1 / 81
European Parliament
0 / 21
Regional councils
5 / 675
Local councils
21 / 62,300
Website
www.pirati.cz
Ivan Bartoš, chairman of the Pirate Party

The Czech Pirate Party (Czech: Česká pirátská strana) or Pirates (Czech: Piráti)[1] is a political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2009. It is the third largest party following the 2017 Czech legislative election.[6] The party's program focuses on political transparency and accountability, anti-corruption, e-government, small business, tax avoidance prevention, elements of direct democracy such as public participation in decision making, local development, civil liberties and it also introduced proposals for policies and reforms for taxation, education, science, healthcare, environment, culture, industry and trade, agriculture, justice system and foreign relations.[7]

Pirate parties were established in many European countries as a protest against the restriction of the civil rights by lobby groups. The party is a member of the Pirate Parties International and European Pirates (PPEU). Mikuláš Peksa is a board member of PPEU,[8] Vojtěch Pikal used to be a co-chairman of PPI in 2013 and 2014.

Characteristics and objectives

For the 2017 Czech legislative election, the party's program focused on simplification of state bureaucracy through e-government, control of political power and government spending through transparency, accountability and anti-corruption measures, safeguarding of civil liberties on the internet, digital rights, ban of internet censorship, introducing elements of direct democracy by enabling law proposals by the public through petitions.[9]

The official four program points are:[7]

Furthermore, the Pirates introduced its positions in following categories: transport and logistics, finance, informatics, culture, international relations, local development, defense, labor and social issues, industry and trade, justice, interior policy and transparent governance, education and science, healthcare, agriculture and environment.[7]

History

On 27 May 2009 an application was submitted to the Interior ministry for the party registration; a month later, on 17 June, the party was registered under the code MV-39553-7/VS-2009.

It registered at the Ministry of the Interior on June 17, 2009.[10] During the first two days after launching their website in April, 1,800 people signed an online petition for party registration.[11] Czech law requires 1,000 signatures on a paper petition for party registration. In the student elections, the Pirate Party received 7.7% of the vote.[12]

On 28 June 2009 the constitutive forum of the party was held near Prague in Průhonice, where the board was elected and main topics of the program were declared. Kamil Horký was elected as chairman.

At the end of October 2009 in Albrechtice nad Orlicí the first meeting of the General Assembly (GA) was organized, where were completed Statutes and a new board, commission and committee were elected. Ivan Bartoš became party chairman.

The PPI Conference

In April 2012, the Czech Pirate party in Prague organized a conference of the Pirate Parties International (PPI). More than 200 representatives of Pirate parties from 27 countries attended, including the founder of the Pirate movement, Rick Falkvinge; writer Cory Doctorow; and Swedish MEP Amelia Andersdotter. The Pirate parties of Europe made an agreement to proceed together in the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.

Election results

The party participated in the general elections in May 2010,[13] and received 0.8% of the vote.[14]

In December 2010, the party has launched its own national whistleblowing site similar to WikiLeaks called PirateLeaks.[15] The site is intended as primary source for journalists. It is dedicated to both evidence of corruption in Czech government and public administration documents which should be publicly available according to law 106/1999 Sb. (Free Access to Information Act) but which the authorities refuse to disclose without formal request defined by the law.

Standing in a local senate election on 18–19 March 2011 in Kladno, they obtained 0.75% of the vote.[16]

Whistleblower Libor Michálek was elected Senator in the 2012 election.

In the Czech Senate election, 2012, the Czech Pirate Party introduced three candidates; one of them was a co-nomination with two other parties. This candidate, already a well-known whistleblower Libor Michálek, was elected as Senator in the second round of voting, resulting in the Czech Pirate Party becoming a parliamentary party.

In the local elections 2014 the party entered many local parliaments with large numbers, including a clear majority in Mariánské Lázně,[17] which subsequently resulted in Vojtech Franta being elected as the first mayor of the party in this city.[18][19]

In numbers:

Czech Chamber of Deputies elections

The party participated in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies 2010, gaining 42.323 votes (0,80%) and therefore ended up on 11th place.

Year Vote Vote % Seats ± Place Government?
2010 42,323 0.8
0 / 200
 New 11th extra-parliamentary
2013 132,417 2.66
0 / 200
 Steady 0 9th extra-parliamentary
2017 546,393 10.79
22 / 200
 Increase 22 3rd TBD

European Parliament

Year European party Vote Vote % Seats +/-
2014 PPEU 72,514 4.78
0 / 21
 New

Czech Senate elections

Year Candidates Votes Best result Returned Deposit Seats State contribution
Candidate district votes % gained change
2010 1 1.131 Pavel Přeučil (no party) no. 19 1.131 2.77% 0 0 - 0,-
2011 1 205 PaedDr. Ivo Vašíček no. 30 205 0.75% 0 0 - 0,-
2012 3 7.947 Mgr. MPA Libor Michálek (no party) no. 26 5.520 24.31% 1 1 +1 CZK 285 000,-.

Regional election

Year Vote Vote % Seats +/- Place Notes
2012 57,805 2.19
0 / 675
 New 29th
2016 44,070 Decrease 1.74 Decrease
5 / 675
 Increase 5 24th Joint list with Greens

The Board

Chairman

Order Name Period
1. Kamil Horký 2009
2. Ivan Bartoš 2009 - 2013
3. Jakub Michálek 2013
4. Ivan Bartoš 2013 - 2014
5. Jana Michailidu 2014
6. Lukáš Černohorský 2014 - 2016
5. Ivan Bartoš 2016–present

Vice chairmen

Position Name
1st Vice chairman Vojtěch Pikal
2nd Vice chairman Martin Šmída
3rd Vice chairman Jakub Michálek
4th Vice chairman Mikuláš Peksa

Former vice chairpersons: Jakub Michálek, Lenka Wagnerová, Mikuláš Ferjenčík, Marcel Kolaja, Michal Havránek, Jana Michailidu, Tomáš Vymazal, Dominika Michailidu, Václav Fořtík, Ivo Vašíček, Martin Brož.

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "Kontakt" (in Czech). Česká pirátská strana.
  2. ^ "Bartoš se po dvou letech vrací do vedení Pirátů, volbu vyhrál už v prvním kole". Aktuálně.cz - Víte co se právě děje. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Stanovy České pirátské strany" (in Czech). Česká pirátská strana. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  4. ^ https://www.pirati.cz/program/psp2017/mezinarodni-vztahy/
  5. ^ "Předsedou Pirátské strany byl zvolen Ivan Bartoš". Lidové Noviny. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  6. ^ Czech election: Billionaire Babis wins by large margin. BBC News. Published on October 22, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c Pirate Party official program. Template:Cs icon
  8. ^ "European Pirate Party - Board". Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  9. ^ Piráti představili program. Do voleb jdou se sloganem ‚Všichni nekradou‘. Lidové noviny. Published on September 7, 2017.
  10. ^ Fišer, Miloslav (22 June 2009). "Česká pirátská strana má povolení ministerstva a chce do parlamentu". Novinky.cz (in Czech).
  11. ^ Votrubová, Andrea (21 April 2009). "Čeští internetoví piráti zakládají politickou stranu". iDnes.cz (in Czech).
  12. ^ "Tschechien: Jugend vereint gegen Linksparteien". Wiener Zeitung. 21 May 2010.
  13. ^ "Czech Interior Ministry registers Czech Pirate Party". ČeskéNoviny.cz. Czech News Agency. 22 June 2009.
  14. ^ "Election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic held on 28 – 29 May 2010". Czech Statistical Office. 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  15. ^ "Czech Pirate Party launches new whistleblowing site". Deutsche Welle. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
  16. ^ http://wiki.pp-international.net/Main_Page PPI wiki
  17. ^ Pirates to Enter Several Local Czech Parliaments, PirateTimes, 2014-10-11
  18. ^ První starosta z Pirátů: Chceme Mariánské Lázně omladit (The first mayor of Pirates: We want to rejuvenate Marianske Lazne), Ceskatelevize, 2014-11-12
  19. ^ Mayor of Mariánské Lázně, City of Mariánské Lázně, 2014-11-13
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