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Pirate Party Romania

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Pirate Party Romania
Partidul Pirat Romania
Founded2009
IdeologyPirate politics
Freedom of information
Privacy
Non-interventionist distributism
Direct democracy
Transparency of government
International affiliationPirate Parties International
Website
www.partidulpirat.ro

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[1] and is focused on copyright and patent reform, internet freedom, and government transparency.[2]

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.[3]

Party registration

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In preparation for the official registration the party statute was approved by the founding members, and the first elected board was composed of Cristian Bulumac (President), Ştefan Marius Angelescu (Vice-President), Claudiu Marginean (Founding President), Ștefan Cristian Brîndușă (General Secretary) until March 2020, with a few exceptions.

On 11 February 2014 the party has submitted to the authorities the official request to be legally registered as a political party without the required signatures of 25,000 founding members.[4]

In February 2015, the Pirate Party, among others, contested the electoral law at the Constitutional Court of Romania, arguing that the law violates freedom of association,[5] the Constitutional Court heard the case of the Pirate Party leaders and admitted their contestation, overturning the section of the electoral law mandating the number of founding members.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "PPI Members". PP-International. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  2. ^ "Telecom Package, impossible to implement in current state" (in Romanian). Capital. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  3. ^ "Romanian Pirate Party will be established in six months" (in Romanian). Realitatea TV. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  4. ^ "Pirates attack the law at the Constitutional Court" (in Romanian). Vice.com/ro. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  5. ^ a b "Partidul Pirat din România schimbă legea partidelor politice la CCR: nu mai e nevoie de minimum 25.000 de membri fondatori" (in Romanian). Gândul. Retrieved 2015-02-27.