Swiss Pirate Party

Laurent sez, "The Switzerland's Piraten Partei (Pirate Party, of course) will be loaded July the 12th in Zurich. There is also a Facebook group : Piratenpartei Schweiz - Parti Pirate Suisse - Partito Pirata Svizzero Mondial."

The original Swedish Pirate Party won a seat in the recent EU election (two seats, once the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified), the German PP got 1% of the popular vote, and there are affiliate parties all over the world now. All this in just a few years -- I wonder how far the Green Party got in its first three years?

Parti Pirate Suisse (Thanks, Laurent!)

[#1 posted by Gilgongo, June 13, 2009 10:09 PM]

Excellent news! Let's hope this becomes a wave over the whole of Europe that washes some sense into digital politics!

[#2 posted by the_boy, June 13, 2009 10:28 PM]

what? A party built around internet freedoms spreads rapidly via the internet?! Absurd!

Though, really, great news - always exciting to see the birth of something that meaningful.

[#3 posted by Anonymous, June 13, 2009 11:44 PM]

Voted for them in Germany!
Glad there finally is a party that can represent the modern internet user.

[#4 posted by Anonymous, June 14, 2009 12:15 AM]

Nice to see rapid gains for the pirate party.

If we lived in a democratic society, the pirate party, green party, and some kind of libertarian socialist party would be able to form a plurality coalition government.

[#5 posted by Takuan, June 14, 2009 2:49 AM]

yaharrrr!
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-joins-anonymous-fight-against-scientology-090614/

[#6 posted by Anonymous, June 14, 2009 5:24 AM]

I'd like it better if they were the Seeräuber Partei-then they could use Seeräuber Jenny's song as their party rally song.

[#7 posted by Anonymous, June 14, 2009 6:37 AM]

Does anyone know if there's a Pirate party in the UK?

[#8 posted by PaulR, June 14, 2009 8:54 AM]

You do know that Switzerland is land-locked, eh?

/just saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHAl1tWvvPA

Canada is still really big.

[#9 posted by Takuan, June 14, 2009 9:19 AM]

relly big eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FUI8k-Z0PM&feature=related

[#10 posted by Takuan, June 14, 2009 9:20 AM]

aye, landlocked she may be, but Lake Geneva connects underground with the Loch Ness and then on to the Atlantic. Arrr.

[#11 posted by pa, June 14, 2009 10:59 AM]

There are also some enthousiasts in Luxembourg who are going to found a pirate party:
http://www.piratepartei.lu/

The connection to the Atlantic is through the Moselle and Rhine rivers.

[#12 posted by adonai, June 14, 2009 5:46 PM]

Unfortunately, they've vowed to remain neutral in any copyright wars. However, they're happy to deposit any booty in their vaults :)

[#13 posted by Anonymous, June 14, 2009 11:49 PM]

@7: Does anyone know if there's a Pirate party in the UK?

Yes, there is.

[#14 posted by Anonymous, June 15, 2009 3:57 AM]

There's also a french Pirate Party (actually, there's 2).

They can be found here :
http://partipirate.org/blog/index.php

and here :
http://parti-pirate.fr/

Enjoy, mateys !

[#15 posted by purplechick, June 15, 2009 5:10 PM]

Switzerland may be landlocked #8 but they won the last America's Cup yacht race in 2007.