‘Pirates’ to run joint campaign in next EU elections

EUObserver writes that Pirate' parties from around the EU agreed in April 2012 to campaign as one bloc and to try and form a Political Group in the European Parliament in the 2014 elections.

The surprise success of the German Pirate Party was fuelling a pan-European trend. Pirates from 20 countries gathered in Prague to cement an international network - but they are still a long way off from establishing a Europe-wide party.

• Primary Source

Spiegel Online International, 16.4.12: Pirates Aim to Echo German Success Across Continent http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,827915,00.html

ESO: Background information: Pirates’ gains raise Merkel’s hopes http://www.europeansources.info/record/pirates-gains-raise-merkels-hopes/

Wikipedia: Pirate Parties International http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Parties_International

Website: Pirate Parties International http://www.pp-international.net/

PPI: Press Release, 9.4.12: Pirates meet in Prague for the PPI conference 2012 http://www.pp-international.net/node/518

Spiegel Online International, 23.4.12: Pirate Politician Says Party 'Rising as Fast as Nazis' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,829166,00.html

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