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The Pirate Party, a non-profit organization, is a political organization operating in Estonia whose statutory objective is to form a political party in the spirit of the pirate movement. The Pirate Party's political activities are defined in its official documents, namely its principles[1] and core values.[2]
Activists from the Pirate Party ran in the 2013 local elections as part of the Tartu electoral alliance Vabakund, which won three seats on the Tartu City Council.
The Estonian Pirate Party is a member of Pirate Parties International, the international alliance of pirate parties, and a founding member of the European Pirate Party.
History
[edit]The Pirate Party NGO was founded in June 2009, modeled after the Swedish Pirate Party, but it does not yet have the status of a political party. Although the organization published its core principles and invited people to join a few months after its founding, it did not actually attract public attention until early 2012, and the Pirate Party's website disappeared for a time following the 2011 domain reform. Nevertheless, the NGO gained followers on its Twitter and Facebook accounts, where it posted news related to its themes.
On February 6, 2012, the Pirate Party published its position on ACTA,[3] and on March 18, 2012, a discussion event was held at Tallinn University with the aim of introducing "pirate politics" in Estonia. Speeches were given at the event by Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party, and Märt Põder, a member of the NGO and one of the event's organizers; the speeches were followed by discussions in working groups.[4]
Since the spring of 2013, the Pirate Party has been a member of the International Pirate Party Federation. In the spring of 2014, the Estonian Pirate Party, together with 16 other European pirate parties, founded the European Pirate Party.
In the 2014 European Parliament elections, the Pirate Party's candidate was Silver Meikar, who ran on the joint platform of the European Pirate Movement.[5] Meikar received 6,018 votes in the election but was not elected.
In 2016, the Pirate Party strengthened its cooperation with the Finnish Pirate Party.[6] In the 2016 Estonian presidential election, the Pirate Party endorsed Kaur Kender as its presidential candidate.[7][8]
In the 2019 Riigikogu elections, Raul Kübarsepp and Märt Põder, members of the Pirate Party, ran on the Green Party ticket, whose platform included a section of the IT program drafted by the Pirates titled "Estonia as an Information Society" as its final chapter.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Piraadipartei põhimõtted" (in Estonian). Eesti Piraadipartei. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Kopimi—avatus—hajutatus" (in Estonian). Eesti Piraadipartei. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Ettepanek seoses võltsimisvastase kaubandusleppega" (PDF) (in Estonian). Eesti Piraadipartei. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Piraadipoliitika hetkeseisust Eestis" (in Estonian). Infopartisan. 19 March 2012.
- ^ "Euroopa Parlamendi valimisprogramm 2014" (in Estonian). Eesti Piraadipartei. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Talsinki Pirates – PPEE and PPFI to Extend Collaboration". Eesti Piraadipartei. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Piraadipartei esitab Kaur Kenderi presidendikandidaadiks" (in Estonian). Eesti Piraadipartei. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Каур Кендер о президентстве: нужно решить проблему гражданства и создать диктатуру электората" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Valimisprogramm 2019. aasta Riigikogu valimisteks" (in Estonian). Rohelised. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Vaba ja avatud infoühiskond" (in Estonian). Üks Tartu krants. 1 February 2019.
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