He pushed the pirates with his heart to the left, in time he approached the system. After 15 years, Bartoš leaves the management • RESPECT

“The series of failures of the Pirates in the last two elections is a big blow to me personally and at the same time a message that a new wind is needed in the leadership of the party. Therefore, I have decided to resign from the post of chairman and will not run for this post in the upcoming election.” These words were published on Sunday evening by the chairman of the Pirate Party, Ivan Bartoš, who, like the rest of the party leadership, reacted to the results of the regional and senate elections. In them, the Pirates – not long after the unsuccessful elections to the European Parliament – failed significantly again. They lost 96 regional representatives and will have only three in the Pilsen Region. Bartoš is leaving the party leadership (with a two-year break) after 15 years, during which not only he, but also the Pirates in general, have changed, says Jaroslav Spurný in Výtah Respekt: ​​”When he came, his heart was on the left, even though he had liberal rhetoric. Not that he became a right-winger, but he began to accept the institutions and organization of the democratic world, which is logical. From the original slightly anarchist approach, he began to accept the necessity of institutions such as NATO or the EU, which brought fresh wind to the fight against corruption. The Pirate Party fought against it, was able to name it and put things in the draft laws that were effective against corruption and other politicians did not want to talk about them.” What did Ivan Bartoš join the party with years ago? It is somewhat different from what is currently And will the Pirates manage to hold their own on the domestic political scene even without their main face?