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Sweden’s Pirate Party Wins Seats in Freakin’ EU Parliament

June 7, 2009     Posted in Links

the_pirate_bay_logoThe Pirate Party has won a huge victory in the Swedish elections and is marching on to Brussels. After months of campaigning against well established parties, the Pirate Party has gathered enough votes to be guaranteed a seat in the European Parliament.

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When the Swedish Pirate Party was founded in early 2006, the majority of the mainstream press were skeptical, with some simply laughing it away. But they were wrong to dismiss this political movement out of hand. Today, the Pirate Party accomplished what some believed to be the impossible, by securing a seat in the European Parliament.

Check out the whole story at TorrentFreak.com, here!

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One Response to “Sweden’s Pirate Party Wins Seats in Freakin’ EU Parliament”
  1. Adam says:

    Great, first these bastards have to ruin my beach vacation plans in Somalia, now they have to take over Sweden too!

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