Swedish Pirate Party Will Stand in Local Elections

After its success in the European Parliamentary elections, The Swedish Pirate Party will run in both the general and local elections next year, according to an announcement made today by party leader Rick Falkvinge.

“Our goal is to change the law on a global scale to encourage the emergence of an information society, characterized by diversity and openness,” he writes.

The Piratpartiet is also needed to protect citizens’ privacy against surveillance and data harvesting by populist authorities, even on a local political level, says Falkvinge.

While championing the introduction of open source software into schools and authorities, Piratepartiet also wants to increase the public’s right to access information while decreasing copyright terms.