<s>
Pirate	B-Application
Parties	I-Application
International	I-Application
(	O
PPI	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
international	O
non-profit	O
and	O
non-governmental	O
organization	O
with	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Brussels	O
,	O
Belgium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formed	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
worldwide	O
organization	O
for	O
Pirate	B-Application
Parties	I-Application
,	O
currently	O
representing	O
39	O
members	O
from	O
36	O
countries	O
across	O
Europe	O
,	O
Americas	O
,	O
Asia	O
,	O
Africa	O
and	O
Australasia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Parties	I-Application
are	O
political	O
incarnations	O
of	O
the	O
freedom	O
of	O
expression	O
movement	O
,	O
trying	O
to	O
achieve	O
their	O
goals	O
by	O
the	O
means	O
of	O
the	O
established	O
political	O
system	O
rather	O
than	O
just	O
through	O
activism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PPI	O
statutes	O
give	O
its	O
purposes	O
as:to	O
help	O
establish	O
,	O
to	O
support	O
and	O
promote	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
maintain	O
communication	O
and	O
co-operation	O
between	O
pirate	B-Application
parties	I-Application
around	O
the	O
world.The	O
PPI	O
advocate	O
on	O
the	O
international	O
level	O
for	O
the	O
promotion	O
of	O
the	O
goals	O
its	O
Members	O
share	O
such	O
as	O
protection	O
of	O
human	O
rights	O
and	O
fundamental	O
freedoms	O
in	O
the	O
digital	O
age	O
,	O
consumer	O
and	O
authors	O
rights-oriented	O
reform	O
of	O
copyright	O
and	O
related	O
rights	O
,	O
support	O
of	O
information	O
privacy	O
,	O
transparency	O
,	O
and	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
was	O
the	O
Swedish	O
Piratpartiet	O
,	O
founded	O
on	O
1	O
January	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Sweden	O
's	O
European	O
Parliament	O
elections	O
and	O
won	O
two	O
of	O
Sweden	O
's	O
twenty	O
MEP	O
seats	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
surge	O
in	O
membership	O
following	O
the	O
trial	O
and	O
conviction	O
of	O
three	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
ideologically	O
aligned	O
Pirate	B-Application
Bay	I-Application
a	O
year	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Parties	I-Application
International	O
was	O
formally	O
founded	O
in	O
Brussels	O
at	O
the	O
PPI	O
Conference	O
from	O
April	O
16	O
to	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2009	O
conference	O
of	O
Pirate	B-Application
Parties	I-Application
International	I-Application
in	O
Uppsala	O
(	O
Sweden	O
)	O
,	O
European	O
Pirate	B-Application
parties	I-Application
agreed	O
on	O
a	O
common	O
declaration	O
of	O
the	O
parties	O
 '	O
goals	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
election	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Parliament	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
conference	O
of	O
Pirate	B-Application
Parties	I-Application
International	I-Application
in	O
Prague	O
(	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
)	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
European	O
Pirate	B-Application
parties	I-Application
agreed	O
to	O
run	O
in	O
the	O
elections	O
to	O
the	O
European	O
Parliament	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2014	O
with	O
a	O
common	O
program	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
establish	O
a	O
European	O
political	O
party	O
(	O
European	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
,	O
PPEU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
Australia	O
resigned	O
from	O
PPI	O
due	O
to	O
serious	O
disagreement	O
with	O
the	O
direction	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
UK	O
also	O
resigned	O
and	O
in	O
March	O
the	O
Belgian	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
suspended	O
its	O
membership	O
within	O
PPI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Party	I-Application
of	O
Iceland	O
voted	O
overwhelmingly	O
to	O
leave	O
PPI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Party	I-Application
of	O
Sweden	O
resolved	O
with	O
a	O
significant	O
majority	O
to	O
leave	O
PPI	O
,	O
canceling	O
their	O
observer	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Party	I-Application
of	O
Canada	O
officially	O
withdrew	O
from	O
Pirate	B-Application
Parties	I-Application
International	I-Application
citing	O
ongoing	O
troubles	O
with	O
the	O
organization	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
failure	O
to	O
adequately	O
provide	O
any	O
accomplishments	O
over	O
its	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
