Pirate Party of Catalonia
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Pirates of Catalonia (Catalan: Pirates de Catalunya, PIRATA.CAT) is a political party in Catalonia. The party is based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party and is a member of the Pirate Parties International, it supports intellectual property reform, open access to culture and knowledge, transparency and direct democracy.[4]
Pirates of Catalonia Pirates de Catalunya | |
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Secretary-General | Enric Pineda Traïd |
Founded | 4 October 2010 |
Headquarters | Barcelona |
Youth wing | Grumets Pirates |
Membership (2012) | 767[1] |
Ideology | Pirate politics Freedom of Information Protection of privacy Intellectual property reform Transparency of government Direct democracy Catalan right of self-determination Catalan independence[2] |
National affiliation | Pirate Party (Spain) |
International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
Local Government | 2 / 9,137 [3]
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Website | |
pirates.cat | |
The party was founded in August 2010 and was officially registered as a political party in October.[5][6] The party contested for the first time in an election for the 2010 Catalan election, held on 28 November 2010, where it got 6.489 votes (0,21%).[7] The party held its first assembly on December 22, 2010 in Barcelona.[8]