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Pirate Party (Finland)
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The Pirate Party of Finland is a registered political party in Finland
. The group currently has 3,200 members. The chairman of the party is Pasi Palmulehto from Hollola
. The party is a member of Pirate Parties International
.
. In September 2008 the party started to collect the 5,000 supporter cards needed to officially register the party. The party's goal was to take part in the 2009 European Parliament election. The supporter cards were collected by 1 June 2009, too late for the elections. The party was officially registered on the 13th of August 2009. In October 2009 The Pirate Party took part in the special municipal election of Loviisa
with 1 candidate, but did not win a seat. The party's first major election was the Finnish parliamentary election in 2011 with 127 candidates in 11 constituencies, gathering 0.5% of votes and becoming the largest party with no Parliament seats.
. They have an upper age-limit of 28 years. Membership of Piraattinuoret is free of charge, as is the membership of the party.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The group currently has 3,200 members. The chairman of the party is Pasi Palmulehto from Hollola
Hollola
Hollola is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...
. The party is a member of Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.-Aims:The PPI statutes give its purposes as:...
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History
In January 2008 Matti Hiltunen registered the piraattipuolue.fi domain and set up a bbs on the site. In May 2008, about 50 founding members of the party held the founding assembly in TampereTampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
. In September 2008 the party started to collect the 5,000 supporter cards needed to officially register the party. The party's goal was to take part in the 2009 European Parliament election. The supporter cards were collected by 1 June 2009, too late for the elections. The party was officially registered on the 13th of August 2009. In October 2009 The Pirate Party took part in the special municipal election of Loviisa
Loviisa
Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water...
with 1 candidate, but did not win a seat. The party's first major election was the Finnish parliamentary election in 2011 with 127 candidates in 11 constituencies, gathering 0.5% of votes and becoming the largest party with no Parliament seats.
Political goals
- Develop democracy, safeguard civil rights and increase transparency in politics
- Free information and culture from prohibitive restrictions
- Review the utility of the patent system
- Increase privacy and freedom of speech
Youth wing
The party has a youth organization, Pirate Youth . It was founded 5 February 2009 in HelsinkiHelsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
. They have an upper age-limit of 28 years. Membership of Piraattinuoret is free of charge, as is the membership of the party.
Electoral Performance
Parliamentary elections
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