President Sauli Niinistö has congratulated the President-elect of the United States Joe Biden and the Vice-Chairman Kamala Harris For Finland.
Two hours after the major U.S. media declared Biden the winner of the election, the official president’s Twitter account quoted Niinistö in English: "I congratulated Joe Biden on his election. I look forward to continuing to build our strong partnership with him and Kamala Harris."
About two hours after, Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has tweeted in English: "Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Looking forward to cooperating in the field of transatlantic relations." In the Finnish tweet, he added: "The United States is an important partner for Finland."
At about the same time as the President’s tweet, Speaker of Parliament Anu Vehviläinen (Cen) posted this comment in English: "Democracy has spoken, the end of the debate. Success to the United States. Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris."
Miscellaneous messages from opposition leaders
Petteri OrpoThe leader of Parliament’s two main opposition parties, the Conservative National Coalition, wrote in English: “Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! Good news for the United States, rules-based international order, moderate politics and Finland. Populism lost this round, but political differences remain. values need their defenders. “
Jussi Halla-aho, the chairman of the second main opposition group, the nationalist Finnish Party, has not publicly congratulated the elected president. On Saturday night, he wrote the following comment in Finnish:
“I was asked this morning how the people could be reunited after Trump’s term. [way]: Stop the loss violation [candidate] and with his supporters and move on! (And don’t say, but Trump started it!). “
Business mogul Hjallis Harkimo, Liike Nyt, chairman of the one-man opposition group, tweeted in Finnish: “Biden won the election, congratulations on that, Trump should admit his defeat, nothing will change it.”
Sari EssayahThe chairman of the third largest opposition party, the Christian Democrats, had not commented on the U.S. election on Twitter on Sunday.