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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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