Slovenian Pirate Party
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Slovenian Pirate Party is a Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

. The party is not officially registered but is correctly in the process of registering.

The party was founded on the same common grounds and principles as other Pirate parties throughout the world, most notably the Swedish Pirate Party. It become a member of the Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.-Aims:The PPI statutes give its purposes as:...

  on the 12th of March 2011 at the Pirate Parties International conference in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

History

The Slovenian Pirate Party has first appeared in the Slovenian media in 2009. The original founder of the movement was Robert Pal, who has since moved from Slovenia but remains a supporter. Since late 2009, the party stayed relatively inactive with only a few active members, who irregularly met and discussed current events on the copyright front.

In October 2010, an open meeting took place. A few new members joined and things started moving again. A new website was created, the party's statute overhauled and the party resurfaced in November with a participation in an international round table discussion on the topic of e-participation, safety on the internet and copyright on the internet, which got covered by one of the biggest media houses in Slovenia.
On the 12th November 2010 the party attended a round table Christianom Engströmom
Christian Engström
Lars Christian Engström is a Swedish computer programmer, activist and politician. He is deputy chairman of the Swedish Pirate Party. Engström was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2009 election....

 and Tanjo Fajon
Tanja Fajon
Tanja Fajon is a Slovenian politician and journalist, currently serving as Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats....

  in Kiberpipa
Kiberpipa
Kiberpipa is a hackerspace in Ljubljana, Slovenia, established in 2001 as a part of the K6/4 Institute.The hackerspace operates as a cultural centre, computer laboratory and Internet café...

 after which a heated discussion broke out about the party. The members kept meeting on a somewhat regular basis.
On the 11th of March 2011 Andrej Čremožnik represented the party at the conference "Copyright in the digital world" hosted by Tanja Fajon
Tanja Fajon
Tanja Fajon is a Slovenian politician and journalist, currently serving as Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats....

. On March 12th 2011, with a unanimous vote, the party entered Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.-Aims:The PPI statutes give its purposes as:...

.
On the 19th of April the party took part in a campaign lead by Christian Engström
Christian Engström
Lars Christian Engström is a Swedish computer programmer, activist and politician. He is deputy chairman of the Swedish Pirate Party. Engström was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2009 election....

 by motivating supporters to send emails to Slovenian MEP
MEP
MEP may refer to:* Member of the European Parliament, an elected politician in the European Union * Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing, a part of the building design industry...

s asking them to support the request. The campaign succeed.

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