A wave of revulsion against a law that ­targets filesharers has swept the Pirate party into a seat at the European parliament.Not even in existence when the last European elections took place, the Pirate party managed to secure 7% of the national vote in Sweden, beating the country’s Eurosceptic party, June List, which suffered a collapse in its vote.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/11/pirate-party-sweden