As Finland’s top three political parties suffered losses in the recent European elections, the country’s nationalistic True Finns party captured their first European parliament seat ever. True Finns support base has grown impressively since its weak 0.5 percent showing in the previous 2004 Euro elections. Read the full story

Having secured more than seven percent of Sweden’s votes in the recent European Parliament elections, the country’s file sharing advocacy group, the Pirate Party, is heading to Brussels to make its voice heard among EU policy makers. While it was predicted beforehand that the Pirates would take one seat in Parliament, the political party’s supporters were ecstatic when their suspicions became reality. Read the full story

Last weekend’s referendum concerning an amendment to the Danish constitution on royal succession resulted in a majority vote for adopting absolute primogeniture, while the European Parliament elections saw success for the last national election winners. Read the full story

The European Parliament has passed a measure banning the import of all products made from seals into its 27 member countries. Special exceptions are allowed for products exported from traditional Inuit hunters in Greenland and Canada. Read the full story

Recent polls suggest that Sweden’s newest political group, the Pirate Party, may have a decent chance of winning a seat in the European Parliament on the back of popular support against the guilty verdict handed down in the Pirate Bay trial. With strong backing from younger voters in Sweden, this upstart political party may just produce an upset. Read the full story

In a fascinating challenge to the establishment, the Swedish Pirate Party will be fielding 20 candidates in this summer’s European elections. The controversial party is running on the platform that the restrictive laws concerning copyrighted and patented material are creating a negative environment of citizen monitoring. Read the full story

Olli Rehn, member of the European Commission responsible for enlargement, has stated that Iceland would be a welcome addition to the Union, MBL reported.

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According to Icelandic morning paper Morgunbladid, Diana Wallis, who is the Vice Presidenet of the European Parliament and a UK Liberal Democrat, has said that she regrets the way terrorist laws were used against Iceland, making a bad situation worse. Read the full story