Czech Pirate Party
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Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana | |
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Leader | Ivan Bartoš |
Founded | 17 June 2009 |
Headquarters | Řehořova 943/19 130 00, Praha 3[1] |
Membership (2016) | 436[2] |
Ideology | Pirate politics Direct democracy[3] Pro-Europeanism[4] |
Political position | Centre[5] |
European affiliation | European Pirate Party |
International affiliation | Pirate 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 |
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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]
- Control of power and government spending through transparency and accountability
- Simplification of state bureaucracy by introducing e-government
- Supporting small business and e-commerce, addressing capital outflow and tax avoidance via offshore financial centres
- Safeguarding civil liberties, freedom of information, freedom of speech, democracy and increasing public participation in decision making (participatory democracy)
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]
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? |
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2010 | 42,323 | 0.8 | 0 / 200
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New | 11th | extra-parliamentary |
2013 | 132,417 | 2.66 | 0 / 200
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9th | extra-parliamentary |
2017 | 546,393 | 10.79 | 22 / 200
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3rd | TBD |
European Parliament
Year | European party | Vote | Vote % | Seats | +/- |
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2014 | PPEU | 72,514 | 4.78 | 0 / 21
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Czech Senate elections
Year | Candidates | Votes | Best result | Returned Deposit | Seats | State contribution | ||||
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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 |
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2012 | 57,805 | 2.19 | 0 / 675
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New | 29th | |
2016 | 44,070 ![]() |
1.74 ![]() |
5 / 675
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24th | Joint list with Greens |
The Board
Chairman
Order | Name | Period |
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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 |
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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
- ^ a b "Kontakt" (in Czech). Česká pirátská strana.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Stanovy České pirátské strany" (in Czech). Česká pirátská strana. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- ^ https://www.pirati.cz/program/psp2017/mezinarodni-vztahy/
- ^ "Předsedou Pirátské strany byl zvolen Ivan Bartoš". Lidové Noviny. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Czech election: Billionaire Babis wins by large margin. BBC News. Published on October 22, 2017.
- ^ a b c Pirate Party official program. Template:Cs icon
- ^ "European Pirate Party - Board". Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Piráti představili program. Do voleb jdou se sloganem ‚Všichni nekradou‘. Lidové noviny. Published on September 7, 2017.
- ^ Fišer, Miloslav (22 June 2009). "Česká pirátská strana má povolení ministerstva a chce do parlamentu". Novinky.cz (in Czech).
- ^ Votrubová, Andrea (21 April 2009). "Čeští internetoví piráti zakládají politickou stranu". iDnes.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Tschechien: Jugend vereint gegen Linksparteien". Wiener Zeitung. 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Czech Interior Ministry registers Czech Pirate Party". ČeskéNoviny.cz. Czech News Agency. 22 June 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Czech Pirate Party launches new whistleblowing site". Deutsche Welle. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ^ http://wiki.pp-international.net/Main_Page PPI wiki
- ^ Pirates to Enter Several Local Czech Parliaments, PirateTimes, 2014-10-11
- ^ První starosta z Pirátů: Chceme Mariánské Lázně omladit (The first mayor of Pirates: We want to rejuvenate Marianske Lazne), Ceskatelevize, 2014-11-12
- ^ Mayor of Mariánské Lázně, City of Mariánské Lázně, 2014-11-13
External links
- Pirate parties
- Liberal parties in the Czech Republic
- Czech Pirate Party
- Internet privacy organizations
- Internet-related activism
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- Privacy organizations
- Civil liberties advocacy groups
- Intellectual property organizations
- Digital rights organizations
- Direct democracy parties in the Czech Republic