This really is kind of yesterday’s news, but I figured I’d report on it anyway, seeing as how I have a great interest in this myself.

Yesterday was the Swedish election to the European parliament. Normally such an election probably wouldn’t be such a big deal to most Swedes, as Brussels and Europe can seem so far away to a lot of people. But yesterday, something big happened.

With 7.1% of the votes, the Pirate Party gained one (or possibly two) seats in the European parliament.

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