Summary
The Pirate Party Switzerland (German: Piratenpartei Schweiz, French: Parti Pirate Suisse, Italian: Partito Pirata Svizzera, Romansh: Partida da Pirats Svizra) is a political party in Switzerland, based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party.[3] The party was founded on 12 July 2009 in Zürich, by about 150 people.[4][5] By the end of February 2012, the PPS had around about 1,800 members.[6]
Pirate Party Switzerland | |
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| German name | Piratenpartei Schweiz (PPS) |
| French name | Parti Pirate Suisse (PPS) |
| Italian name | Partito Pirata Svizzera (PPS) |
| Romansh name | Partida da Pirats Svizra (PPS) |
| President | Guillaume Saouli, Stefan Thöni |
| Founded | 12 July 2009[1] |
| Headquarters | Piratenpartei Schweiz, 3000 Bern |
| Ideology | Pirate politics Freedom of Information Privacy Liberalism[2] |
| European affiliation | European Pirate Party |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
| Colours | Orange |
| Website | |
| www www | |
Swiss Federal Council Federal Chancellor Federal Assembly Council of States (members) National Council (members) Voting | |
The first election success happened on 7 March 2010, when Marc Wäckerlin was elected to the Winterthur city council.[7]
Patrick Mächler of the PPS was head member of Pirate Parties International (PPI) from July 2009 to February 2010,[8] the umbrella organisation of the international Pirate Party movement.[9]
On 13 March 2011, the party achieved 0.8% of the votes in a local election in Lausanne. On 3 April, they obtained 0.56% of the vote in a regional election in Zurich.[10] In the federal elections of October 2011, the party failed to win a seat, gathering 0.48% of the popular vote (11,616 votes). On 23 September 2012, PPS member Alex Arnold was elected as part-time mayor of Eichberg.[11][12]
Change in number of members edit
- Party was founded. (12 July 2009, 150 people at the foundation)
- Federal elections in Germany, speaking press published several articles on the German Pirate Party. (3 October 2009, 500 members)
- Prevention campaign on violent video games, flash mob in Bern. (18 March 2010, 750 members)
- Wikileaks case, the site under the domain name wikileaks.ch belongs to Swiss Pirate Party. (3 December 2010, 950 members)
- Elections in Bern where the Pirate Party gets 9% of the vote. (16 September 2011, 1,425 members)
- Reached 2,000 members. (12 July 2012)
References edit
- ^ "Schweizer Piratenpartei gegründet". heise online (in German). 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ "Wahlprogramm für die Nationalratswahlen 2015 | Piratenpartei Schweiz". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ Knobel, Reto (2009-07-06). "Die Bausteine für den Überwachungsstaat sind gelegt". Tages-Anzeiger-Online (in German). Tamedia AG. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ "Piratenpartei Schweiz gegründet". NZZ Online (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ "Piratpartiet får efterföljare". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 12 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "Statistics". Pirate Party Switzerland. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ "Grünliberale und Piratenpartei gewinnen in Winterthur". Tages-Anzeiger-Online (in German). Tamedia AG. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ Patrick Mächler steps down - Jerry Weyer Steps up! Archived 2015-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, PPI, 2 March 2010
- ^ About PPI, Pirate Party International.
- ^ "PPI wiki". Archived from the original on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ^ Erster Pirate wird Gemeindepräsident (First Pirate to become mayor) (in German)
- ^ Nordenfur, Anton. Pirate Times: "Alex Arnold Becomes the First Elected Pirate Mayor!" (2012-09-24)
External links edit
- Pirate Party Switzerland