Czech Pirates are joining the new government!
Czech Pirates are joining the new government! In a momentous vote, the Czech Pirates (Česká pirátská strana) approved their participation in the forming five-party coalition government. Thus set to make the Czechs the very first Pirate Party being a member of a government; in the entire world. In early October, the election took place. And for the Czech Pirates, it was an extremely bittersweet victory. They run on a joint ticket together with the STAN party (Mayors and Independents) and with 15,6 % of the vote got 37 MPs in the 200-seat lower house. Problem being that due to heavy preferential voting by the STAN voters, seats in the Parliament …