The Pirate Party candidate elected in last month's European Parliamentary elections has joined the Green Party/European Free Alliance.
Sweden's Christian Engström, representing the Pirate Party, which aims to reform European copyright and patent laws, was swept to victory in the European Parliamentary elections. Now he will sit in the Green Party/European Free Alliance Group.
In a statement, Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit declared that they are "delighted to welcome the Swedish Pirate Party, which shares our principles and values in defending internet users' rights. Christian Engström will have an independent status within our group and he has indicated he will support the Greens/EFA position in areas where the Pirate Party has no agenda."
The Greens/EFA won a combined 53 seats in the European Parliament. The addition of Engström brings their group total to 54 seats.
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