the three largest parliamentary parties and currently has 39 MPs in the 200-seat Eduskunta.
After a successful renewal of the party leadership in 2017 followed by vast programmatic work, the party became ideologically more akin to European populist radical right parties yet managed to retain its support in the 2019 Parliamentary elections.
The current government led by progressive left-wing environmentalists has provided the Finns Party the perfect target for launching rhetorical attacks from the opposition. Consequently, before the pandemic, the Finns Party was enjoying its highest support to date, reaching over 24% in the polls.
During the first months of the pandemic, the party lost nearly 6% in polled support as voters seemed to rally around the leadership of Prime Minister Sanna Marin. However, by the autumn of 2020, the party’s support has stabilised around 19%, roughly corresponding to the party’s current Parliamentary representation. Thus the public health crisis has
Interior Minister
Maria Ohisalo (Green) said she understands that the repatriation of mothers and their children from the al-Hol displacement camp in Syria may raise concerns for people, but she emphasised that security will be ensured through strong cooperation between Finland’s authorities. The authorities have carefully considered the decision to repatriate these people and the authorities are in constant co-operation here. A preliminary probe will be carried out by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and then if it is thought that a preliminary investigation must be started, that is then a matter for the Public Prosecutor s Office, Ohisalo stated.
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