Pirate Party Germany
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Pirate Party Germany
Piratenpartei Deutschland |
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| Leader | Patrick Schiffer |
| Founded | 10 September 2006 |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Youth wing | Young Pirates |
| Membership (March 7, 2016) |
 13,335 (including 5,355 floating members) |
| Ideology |
Pirate politics Social liberalism Anti-corruption |
| European affiliation | European Pirate Party |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
| European Parliament group | Greens/EFA |
| Colours | Orange |
| Bundestag |
0 / 630
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| State Parliaments |
27 / 1,855
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| European Parliament |
1 / 96
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| Website | |
| www.piratenpartei.de | |
The Pirate Party Germany (German: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (German: Piraten), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the information society; it is part of the international movement of pirate parties and a member of the Pirate Parties International. Since 2011, the party has succeeded in attaining a high enough vote share to enter four state parliaments (Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein) and the European Parliament.
According to political theorist Oskar Niedermayer, the party sees itself as part of an international movement to shape with their term of "digital revolution" which is a circumscription for the transition into information society. With their focus on freedom in the net and their fight against government regulations of this sphere, they caught the attention especially of the younger generation. Even if the network policy is the core identity of the party, it is now more than just an advocacy party of "digital natives" and characterises itself as a social-liberal-progressive.
Former federal chairman Sebastian Nerz sees the party as social-liberal party of fundamental rights which among other things wants to advocate for political transparency.
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