Pirate Party of Finland (Piraattipuolue) has now collected the required 5,000 supporter cards and will leave its application to get into the register of political parties today, 1st of June. With the registered party status Piraattipuolue will be able to put up its own candidates in the next parliamentary election to be held in 2011. The party got a notable boost to its supporter card collection campaign from the Pirate Bay trial held in Sweden earlier this year. "There is a need for the pirate movement on both national and EU levels", party leader Pasi Palmulehto says. "While Piraattipuolue will focus its energy into the preparation for the next Finnish parliamentary election, the Swedish Pirate Party will no doubt show its value in the EU parliament."