Pirate Party Romania

The Pirate Party Romania (Romanian: Partidul Pirat România) is a political party in Romania based on the Swedish Pirate Party. The party is a member of the international Pirate Party movement and is focused on copyright and patent reform, internet freedom, and government transparency.

The first website of the Romanian Pirate Party – Partidul Pirat – was launched on 9 June 2009, and the first online meeting was held on 19 July 2009. The same year, on 6 August, members held their first live meeting, while one month later, on 7 September, the first article regarding the party was published in the Romanian online media.

The ideology and political philosophy of the Romanian Pirate Party, as well as its core principles, were described by the ex-general secretary of the Pirate Party of Romania in a public statement on personal blog as being for construction of a Pirate State with confederation characteristics, direct and participatory democracy, Pirate Economy protecting and enhancing competition against monopolies and cartels, Pirate Civism for maximum free speech but protection against institutionalized discrimination and violence, against intellectual property, complete depolitization of the state, government transparency, absolute protection of whistleblowers, restructuring of the administration into a Confederal Pirate Parliamentary Republic instead of Semi-Presidential Republic.