Pirate Party of Catalonia
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 |
| Ideology | Pirate politics Freedom of Information Protection of privacy Intellectual property reform Transparency of government Direct democracy Catalan right of self-determination Catalan independence |
| National affiliation | Pirate Party (Spain) |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
| Local Government | 2 / 9,137
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| Website | |
| pirates.cat | |
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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.
The party was founded in August 2010 and was officially registered as a political party in October. 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%). The party held its first assembly on 22 December 2010 in Barcelona.