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June 2025 The Pirate Party of Greece's 12th Congress unanimously decided to leave the European Pirate Party and Pirate Parties International, citing ideological issues, lack of political added value, and insufficient room for constructive political discourse.
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
December 2023 Florie Marie resigned from her role as chairperson of Pirate Parties International after less than one year in the position.
January 28 2023 PPI General Assembly held online.
2022 The Pirate Party of Austria withdrew from Pirate Parties International.
July 2 2022 PPI General Assembly held online without board elections.
January 8 2022 PPI General Assembly held online.
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
July 3 2021 PPI General Assembly held online without board elections.
2020 Adéla Šípová becomes a Senator for Kladno, representing the Pirate Party.
December 6 2020 PPI General Assembly held online.
May 30 2020 PPI Conference held online without board elections.
2019 PPI General Assembly expands the Board from 7 to 9 members.
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.
December 7 2019 PPI Conference held entirely online via video conference.
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.
November 3 2018 PPI Conference in Munich, Germany, hosted by Pirate Party Germany and Pirate Party Bavaria, with an online continuation on 10/11/2018.
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.
November 25 2017 PPI Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by Pirate Party of Switzerland.
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.
July 2016 The Pirate Party of Canada officially withdrew from Pirate Parties International, citing ongoing organizational troubles and a lack of accomplishments.
July 23 2016 PPI Conference takes place in Berlin, Germany, hosted by Pirate Party of Berlin.
2015 Warsaw conference changes PPI governance structure from two co-chairs to a chair and vice-chair system.
2015 Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir elected as MP for Reykjavík South
July 4 2015 PPI Conference held in Warsaw, Poland, as part of OpenSpace Conference, hosted by Pirate Party of Poland.

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