Pirate Party
Swedish political party focused on information sharing
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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. |
| 2024 | Katarina Stensson leads the Pirate Party in the European Parliament election, with the party receiving 0.37% of votes and failing to secure any seats. |
| 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. |
| July 3 2021 | PPI General Assembly held online without board elections. |
| 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, the party won 0.6% of the votes. |
| December 7 2019 | PPI Conference held entirely online via video conference. |
| 2018 | In the general election, the party won 0.1% of the votes. |
| 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. |
| November 25 2017 | PPI Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by Pirate Party of Switzerland. |
| 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. |
| July 4 2015 | PPI Conference held in Warsaw, Poland, as part of OpenSpace Conference, hosted by Pirate Party of Poland. |
| May 2015 | The Pirate Party of Sweden resolved with a significant majority to leave PPI, canceling their observer status. |
| April 20 2015 | The Pirate Party of Iceland voted overwhelmingly (96.56% in favor) to leave PPI, with executive member Arnaldur Sigurðarson citing the organization's ineffectiveness in encouraging international cooperation. |
| March 2015 | The Belgian Pirate Party suspended its membership within PPI. |
| February 2015 | Pirate Party Australia resigned from PPI due to serious disagreement with the organization's direction and management. |
| 2014 | In the general and European Parliament elections, the party won 0.4% and 2.2% of votes respectively, losing their seats in the European Parliament. |
| December 1 2014 | Anna Troberg announced she would not seek re-election as party leader in 2015. |
| April 12 2014 | PPI Conference takes place in Paris, France, as part of OpenSpace Conference, hosted by Pirate Party of France. |
| April 20 2013 | PPI Conference held in Kazan, Russia, hosted by Pirate Party of Russia. |
| 2012 | Party began broadening its political platform beyond its original focus. |
| June 9 2012 | Pirate Summer Conference held in Aarau, Switzerland, hosted by Pirate Party Aargau. |
| April 14 2012 | PPI Conference takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, hosted by Czech Pirate Party. |
| 2011 | The party formed a new declaration of principles, expanding its political platform beyond its original single-issue focus. |
| December 2011 | The party launched Free & Social, a social networking and microblogging service. |
| September 2011 | In the Berlin state parliament election (Abgeordnetenhaus), the Pirate Party receives 9% of votes and becomes the first Pirate Party in Germany to gain seats in a state parliament. |
| March 13 2011 | Rickard Falkvinge speaks at the PPI Conference in Friedrichshafen, Germany |
| March 12 2011 | PPI Conference held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, hosted by Pirate Party Germany. |
| January 1 2011 | Founder Rick Falkvinge stepped down as party leader after five years, with Anna Troberg becoming the new leader. |
| 2010 | In the Swedish national election, the Pirate Party received 7.1% of the votes for the European Parliament, successfully securing a seat and establishing themselves as a notable political force in Sweden. |
| 2010 | Before the Swedish general election, the Pirate Party remained a single-issue party focused primarily on copyright and privacy rights. |
| September 19 2010 | The party participated in the general election, winning 0.7% of the votes, a slight increase from their 2006 election performance. |
| August 17 2010 | The Pirate Party announced it would host and manage WikiLeaks' new servers, providing free servers and bandwidth, with party technicians ensuring server maintenance. |
| May 18 2010 | The Pirate Bay began hosting its site using bandwidth provided by the Pirate Party. |
| April 2010 | First Pirate Parties International (PPI) Board is established, led by Grégory Engels from Germany and Jerry Weyer from Luxembourg, with board members from multiple countries including Serbia, Czech Republic, and Bulgaria. |
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