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Swedish Pirate Party Member To Be EU's Youngest MP

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 20, 2011 @08:44PM from the jumping-the-queue dept.

First time accepted submitter genjix writes "In a few weeks Amelia Andersdotter will be the second Pirate Party member to take a seat at the European Parliament in Brussels. The 24-year-old Swede was voted in more than two years ago, but due to bureaucratic quibbles her official appointment was delayed. TorrentFreak catches up with the soon-to-be youngest MEP to hear about her plans and expectations."

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Re:Only 24? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-11-20 21:11 · Score: 5, Informative

Lots of European countries have very young MPs in national parliaments. The Minister of Taxes in Denmark is 26. The youngest MP in Denmark is 20.
Re:Only 24? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-11-20 21:20 · Score: 4, Informative

Canada has younger (19!); thanks to Quebec's recent purge of the Liberals/PQ, several "no hope of being voted in at all" candidates from the NDP got in.