Pirate Party (France)
The Pirate Party is a political party in France based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party.
The party proposes the reform of the copyright law, free access to scientific knowledge, as well as protection of individual freedom. Like other pirate parties in Europe, it is affiliated to European Pirate Party. The youth organisation is called Parti Pirates Jeunes respectively Les Jeunes du Parti pirate.
History
The French Pirate party movement was founded on 21 June 2006, relating to the vote of the French Law on Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society better known as DADVSI. Due to dissension a new section of the Pirate Party emerged in 2007, called Parti pirate français Canal historique. On 4 April 2009, the foundation of the Pirate Party as an organisation was published in the Journal officiel de la République française. PP and PPFCH had similar aims and reunited in summer of 2009. Already during the debate on the HADOPI law a further pirate party named Parti pirate français appeared, founded by Rémy Cérésiani. The PPF, which had an identical logo combined with a similar name to the PP was finally disbanded in September 2009.The PP took part in the 10th Yvelines department election on 20 September 2009, and received 472 votes in the first round, which was 2.08%. There was no record of voting in the second round, which was won by the conservative UMP candidate.
The Pirate Party has continued to run in French elections as a minor party. In the 2022 French legislative elections, the party received 19,389 votes, 0.09% of the ballots cast in that election.