[baddox]

> Why would the police give two shits about the EU election?

Because police are part of the government, and the government of Sweden has obvious reasons to care about EU elections.

[elinchrome]

Ideally police should just enforce the laws on the books and have no government influence of their actions, aside from the changing of laws.

[Excavator]

No worries! It's not the government that is the major influencer; for example, in 2006, you had Henrik Pontén¹ of the Svenska Antipiratbyrån physically leading the raid against The Pirate Bay host and Jim Keyzer², the lead investigator for the case, was employed by Warner Brothers during the investigation.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Pont%C3%A9n

2: https://torrentfreak.com/warner-confesses-pirate-bay-cop-com...