According to Yle News, the Finnish government has just released a new energy and climate policy aiming to cut vehicular emissions and increase the use of renewables.Juha Sipilä’s administration wants more than 50 percent of the country’s energy to come… Read More ›
Environment
Maria Ohisalo (Vice-President, Greens):We are not only opposing, we have our gouvernment programme
What is the situation in the Green Party? People see that we are responsible, not just opposing everything. We have also been saying that we are supporting the government in some places, such as the social and healthcare reform, if… Read More ›
EKOenergy, the Finnish NGO pushing Europe to buy eco-labeled green electricity
Finland is not only its government, it is also a complex society of actors, some of them being particularly successful or interesting. Here is one of Finland’s successes. Once upon a time (in fact in 2010), 8 NGOs from… Read More ›
What Juha Sipilä could learn from David Cameron
With some inspiration from the UK, Juha Sipilä could move in the direction of professional public decision-making… Here are some thoughts.
Antero Vartia: a green entrepreneur discovers Finland’s Parliament
Antero Vartia is a (Green) Member of the Finnish Parliament and an entrepreneur. He has been during some months an actor. He shares with Finland Politics his views on his experience in the Parliament, and on the government’s politics…. Read More ›
Anders Adlercreuz (MP, Swedish People Party) explains what happens in the Parliament when the cameras are off…
An interview which again proves that there is a new generation of brilliant politicians in Finland, dedicated to improve the country’s situation situation. As an architect and a member of the Swedish People Party, he has interesting views on what… Read More ›
Ozan Yanar (greens): when the Finnish government cuts from research and education, it is one of the worst political things you can do
Ozan Yanar, a new Green member of the Finnish Parliament, comments on Finland’s situation, on the government’s programme and on immigration
Pope Francis’ encyclical: the strongest text of the 21st century about the need to act on the environment, and the inequalities that the present situation entails
After the visit of the pope to the US and the UN, we have extracted some significant part of his encyclical, which are representing beautifully what one can deeply feel about how our world is going on a wrong path. We can also ask our governments why they are not doing more for protecting what Francis nicely calls “our common home”
Juha Sipilä, an innovative approach for reconstructing Finland
After a quiet campaign , where he has said as little as possible, the new leader from the Centre Party Keskusta, Juha Sipilä, seems to have easily won the elections, 4 years after 2011 when Keskusta, in difficulty, have had… Read More ›
Heidi Hautala: we never had a similar situation, where the government was so weak, and failed almost daily towards the end of its term
Heidi Hautala is not a candidate, but she has been active in the campaign, in particular helping the new generation of Greens in this campaign. She is a well-known political figure in the Finnish landscape, and one of the most… Read More ›