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• Cutting back public expenses: is Ville Niinistö right, and Stubb, Rinne, Sipilä and Soini wrong?

  By Editeur on February 1, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  During a recent meeting in January, National Coalition Party leader Alexander Stubb, Social Democratic Party leader Antti Rinne, Center Party leader Juha Sipilä and Finns Party leader Timo Soini arrived to a consensus on the need to cut back public… Read More ›

• Thomas Piketty: what kind of shock is needed for Europe to move on?

  By Editeur on January 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This article, written by Thomas Piketty, French economist who works on wealth and income inequality, has been first published by the French newspaper Liberation. It has been translated, and reproduced here with his personal authorisation to Finland Politics. Thomas Piketty… Read More ›

• Greece: should Finland use its experience of the payment of last war’s damages?

  By Editeur on January 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The Greek election is behind us, but the problem is in front of us: the opponents to austerity took the power Monday in Greece, under the leadership of the new radical left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. He is now allied… Read More ›

• How to get elected: preparing and leading your political campaign

  By Editeur on January 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  On the 19th of April 2015, elections to the Finnish Parliament will take place. Today, candidates have launched or are launching their campaigns. Some of them might be not even designated, which may be a problem as they will have… Read More ›

• Will M. Stubb’s government decide to ask subsidies for Finland from the (dubious) European Fund for Strategic Investments?

  By Editeur on January 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  There seems to be some hesitations and change of mind in the Finnish government when it comes to decide if Finland will ask or not to benefit from the European Fund for Strategic Investments. A clever, but possibly inefficient financial… Read More ›

• Which of the 221 proposals of the Finnish Greens’ programme are going to be used for the election?

  By Editeur on January 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Some months before the next elections for the Finnish Parliament, we will begin the analysis of the programme of the different political groups with the Greens (Vihreat), based on what they have already published on their site. In democratic parties,… Read More ›

• Is there still a place for Social Democrats in Finland (and in Europe)

  By Editeur on January 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The last poll published by Talouselämä shows that the Finnish Social Democrats (SDP)have very good chances to face a nightmare in the Spring election, with the worst result  of their history (31 seat instead of 42 in 2011 and 63… Read More ›

• Support to France in the world and in Finland

  By Editeur on January 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Following the attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, there has been a lot of support from other countries’ governments and politicians. And there were also reactions and sympathy in Finland. President Obama was among the first ones to communicate:… Read More ›

• Immigration: why Timo Soini is not convinced by Halla-Aho

  By Editeur on January 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In the last days, there has been some discussion in the Finns Party concerning Immigration. As reported by the Helsinki Times, Jussi Halla-aho, a Finns Party representative on the European Parliament, has recently criticized the attitude Timo Soini, its leader,… Read More ›

• Finland pushing for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: a topic for the next elections?

  By Editeur on December 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Finland has a Minister with a strange title, quite a singularity in the EU: Ms. Lenita Toivakka, who is  Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ms Toivakka presents herself on her website as an member of Parliament, since 2007,… Read More ›