Support for the ruling right-wing party jumped by 2.4 percentage points to 22.6 per cent, re-establishing it as the most popular political party in Finland, according to the latest poll by YLE.
Immigration was one of two strategic research themes proposed to the government this autumn by the Strategic Research Council (STN). Helsingin Sanomat on Friday reported that the Finns Party is demanding that the research theme place greater emphasis on the negative effects of immigration.
Support for the Social Democratic Party rose by almost a percentage point to 21.5 per cent, giving it a 0.9-point edge over the National Coalition, shows the latest opinion poll commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat.
Support for the Social Democratic Party, the poll indicates, has increased by almost three percentage points since September, giving the opposition party an over three-point advantage over the National Coalition.