Pirate Party of Greece
Pirate Party of Greece | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Has no leader, but a management board. |
| Founded | January 14, 2012[1] |
| Headquarters | Athens |
| Membership | 800 |
| Ideology | Freedom of information |
| Website | |
| http://www.pirateparty.gr | |
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.[2]
The Pirate Party of Greece has applied for membership in Pirate Parties International. The application to be voted on by the international general assembly in Prague, on April, 2012.[3]
The party was founded on January 14th, 2012. It was officially recognised on February 10th, 2012, and had 480 members on that date.[4] On May 6th Greek legislative election, 2012 the party managed to present candidates in 31 of the 56 prefectures and secures a 0.51% (32.487) of the total votes.
References
- ^ "Greek pirates willing to "sail" in the local political ocean".
- ^ "Αρχές-Πρόγραμμα" (in Greek). Pirateparty.gr.
- ^ "PPI Conference 2012/applicants".
- ^ "Το Κόμμα των Πειρατών πήρε θέση στην πολιτική ζωή της Ελλάδας" (in Greek).
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