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Pirate Party – a political party in Iceland (and in many other countries)


The Pirate Party (Icelandic: Píratar, lit. 'Pirates') is a political party in Iceland.

[9] During the vote on the repeal, the three Pirate Party members of the Althing stood and declared " Je suis Charlie", in solidarity with the French satirical magazine. In April 2016, public protests about the Prime Minister's role in the Panama Papers brought out a significant percentage of the whole population, and may have been among "the largest demonstrations of any kind, in any country, ever (proportionately speaking)". Fyrsti flutningsmaður er Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, þingmaður Pírata, en meðflutningsmenn eru samflokksmenn hans Birgitta Jónsdóttir og Jón Þór Ólafsson ásamt Ögmundi Jónassyni, þingmanni Vinstrihreyfingarinnar - græns framboðs, Helga Hjörvar, þingmanni Samfylkingarinnar, og Páli Val Björnssyni, þingmann Bjartrar framtíðar.^"Fær mögulega ríkisborgararétt"[Receives possibly Icelandic citizenship] (in Icelandic).

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