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Swedish Pirate Party Member To Be EU's Youngest MP
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."
forgive my spelling of pirate - its hard to type with just your left hand while your mind's on something else
And I'm sorry, while I may agree with some of what the pirate party stand for , the access or not of content on the internet is irrelevant compared to the ecomonic crisis affecting most of europe. This isn't the time or the place for grandstanding an insignificant issue such as this and while she may be very bright there is no way a 24 year old has enough life experience to deal with the issues that need resolving before europe collapses into an economic black hole.
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.
Of course they have to be that young. The Minister of taxes is a socialist, and socialist are naturally very young, because most people smarten up when they get older*
* Though to admit, the youngest MP in Denmark is high-school girl from the far right.
Yeah, people who never had a real job or a had to pay real taxes. That's why Europe is all screwed up - you can't have kids running the show either, they'll just vote for more toys and less work every time, they don't care where the stuff comes from.
Daddy, would you buy me that thing?
No, I don't have enough money.
Daddy, why don't you buy more money and buy me that toy?
You can't handle the truth.