I think this is deliberate; I remember at least one of the Pirate parties saying that they didn't have any economic policies because they'd be a minority partne

I think this is deliberate; I remember at least one of the Pirate parties saying that they didn't have any economic policies because they'd be a minority partner in a coalition so those policies would never be applied. Personally I find this refreshingly honest and I wish there was more of it; our Green party, for example, has a very left-wing set of economic policies which get ignored when they're in a coalition, because they're too left-wing for any major party. All having them really seems to do is cement the fact that they won't have anything to do with any party to the right of centre, which kind of sucks when those parties win so the Green votes effectively get ignored. I like the idea that the Pirate Parties don't want to go down the same route.