Pirate Party
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Pirate Party is a label adopted by political parties in different countries. Pirate parties support civil rights, direct democracy and participation in government, reform of copyright and patent law, free sharing of knowledge (open content), information privacy, transparency, freedom of information, free speech, anti-corruption and Internet neutrality.
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Elected representatives
Representatives of the Pirate Party movement that have been elected to a national or supranational legislature.
- Christian Engström, MEP for Sweden from 2009 to 2014
- Amelia Andersdotter, MEP for Sweden from 2011 to 2014
- Birgitta Jónsdóttir, MP for Reykjavik Constituency South from 2009 to 2013, and for Southwest Constituency since 2013
- Libor Michálek, Senator for Prague 2 since 2012
- Jón Þór Ólafsson, MP for Reykjavik Constituency South since 2013
- Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, MP for Reykjavik Constituency North since 2013
- Julia Reda, MEP for Germany since 2014
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