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2025 Adéla Šípová left the Pirate Party, though she remains a supporter.
2024 Pirate Party loses all national elected representatives in parliamentary election
2024 Marcel Kolaja and Mikuláš Peksa complete their terms as MEPs for the Czech Republic Pirate Party.
2024 Ben Polidori left the Pirate Party and joined the LSAP (Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party)
2024 Lukáš Wagenknecht's Senate term for Prague 8 ends.
2024 Patrick Breyer concluded his term as MEP, marking the end of the Pirate Party's national elected representation in the European Parliament.
2024 Markéta Gregorová remains the sole Pirate Party MEP after the EU elections.
2024 Jan Lipavsky leaves the Pirate Party when the party exits the government.
June 9 2024 European Parliament elections held across multiple countries for the Pirate Party, with participation in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, and Sweden. Despite participation, no seats were won in these countries.
2023 Ben Polidori began serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for the North region of Luxembourg
2021 Andrés Ingi Jónsson becomes a member of the Pirate Party
2021 Klára Kocmanová becomes MP for Central Bohemia.
2021 Arndís Anna Kristínardóttir Gunnarsdóttir elected as MP for Reykjavík South
2021 Ivan Bartoš becomes MP for Ústí nad Labem and Minister of Regional Development.
2021 Jan Lipavský becomes Foreign Affairs minister, though he later leaves the Pirates in 2024.
2021 Gísli Rafn Ólafsson elected as MP for Southwest
2020 Adéla Šípová becomes a Senator for Kladno, representing the Pirate Party.
2019 In the European Parliament election, three Czech Pirate MEPs and one German Pirate MEP are elected, joining the Greens–European Free Alliance.
2019 Patrick Breyer began serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany, representing the Pirate Party.
2019 František Navrkal becomes MP for Ústí nad Labem.
2019 Pirate Party (PPAT - Pirate Party Austria) forms an electoral alliance called 'Europa Anders' with the Austrian Communist Party and Der Wandel, also including some independent candidates.
2019 Felix Reda completed his term as MEP for Germany, concluding his representation of the Pirate Party.
2018 Sven Clement began serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Centre region of Luxembourg
2018 Libor Michálek's Senate term for Prague 2 ends.
2018 Lukáš Wagenknecht becomes a Senator for Prague 8, representing the Pirate Party.
October 6 2018 In the Prague municipal election, the Czech Pirate Party finishes second with 17.1% of the vote and forms a coalition. Zdeněk Hřib becomes the Mayor of Prague, likely the first Pirate Party member to lead a major world city.
2017 Björn Leví Gunnarsson transitions from MP for Reykjavík North to MP for Reykjavík South
2017 Ivan Bartoš becomes MP for Central Bohemia, representing the Pirate Party.
October 21 2017 The Czech Pirate Party enters the Chamber of Deputies for the first time, winning 10.8% of the vote.
April 2017 Students at UC Berkeley form a Pirate Party and win a third-party seat in the Associated Students of the University of California senate elections.
2016 Andrés Ingi Jónsson becomes MP for Reykjavík North, originally with the Left-Green Movement
October 29 2016 In the Icelandic parliamentary election, the Pirate Party wins 15% of the vote and 10 seats.
2015 Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir elected as MP for Reykjavík South
June 11 2014 Felix Reda is elected vice-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament and becomes the copyright reform rapporteur.
May 24 2014 In the European Parliament election, Felix Reda is elected as a Pirate Party Germany MEP, receiving 1.5% of the vote.
2013 In the Icelandic parliamentary election, the Pirate Party wins 5.1% of the vote, with Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, and Jón Þór Ólafsson elected as MPs.
2013 Birgitta Jónsdóttir transitions from MP for Reykjavík South to MP for Southwest
2012 Libor Michálek becomes a Senator for Prague 2, representing the Pirate Party.
2011 Amelia Andersdotter becomes the second Pirate Party MEP from Sweden following the Treaty of Lisbon.
2011 The Pirate Party of Berlin wins 8.9% of the vote in the Berlin state election, securing 15 seats in the Abgeordnetenhaus.
April 2010 Pirate Parties International is founded in Belgium to encourage cooperation between Pirate Parties.

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