The Czech Pirate Party (Czech: Česká pirátská strana), short - Pirates (Czech: Piráti) is a political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2009. Pirate Parties were established in many European countries as a protest against the restriction of the civil rights by lobby groups. The main topic of the Pirate Party is information and its fundamental meaning in modern society. The Pirates are focused mainly on civil liberties, sharing of information, effective use of technologies and privacy protection. An integral part of their program is also transparency, e-government, direct democracy, the question of drugs (decriminalization and legalization - rational approach), education (effectivity) and health-care, where the Party opposes conservative points of view.