Czech Pirate Party

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The Czech Pirate Party (Czech: Česká pirátská strana), commonly known as the Pirates (Piráti), is a liberal political party in the Czech Republic. Founded in 2009 as part of the international Pirate movement, it initially focused on digital rights, copyright reform, government transparency and civil liberties. Its programme later expanded to include anti-corruption measures, the digitalisation of public administration, environmental protection and a pro-European foreign policy. The Pirates first entered the Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 parliamentary election, winning 22 seats. In 2021, they contested the parliamentary election together with Mayors and Independents as the Pirates and Mayors alliance and subsequently joined Petr Fiala's Cabinet. The party left the government in 2024 after Prime Minister Petr Fiala dismissed Pirate leader Ivan Bartoš as minister for regional development amid problems with a new digital building-permit system. Zdeněk Hřib was elected party leader later that...

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