Purra added that he does not expect any member of the group to oppose the appointment at a meeting on Thursday.
Halla-aho handed over the reins of the populist right-wing opposition party in August 2021, leading them from 2017 onwards. She served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. Purra enthusiastically described Halla-aho as a focused person. international politics, but who have not yet had the opportunity to demonstrate their competence in the field.
“This position is definitely the most suitable for him,” he said, drawing attention to his experience in leading positions in the party, the EU and the European Parliament.
“She likes to discuss and write about these things. And unfortunately he has not been able to show how skilled he is in such analyzes in Basic Finns. This would be a very great place and it is, of course, great that we can offer such a central committee seat to the former chairman, he added. “And it’s just as nice that he’s willing to accept it.”
Halla-aho on Tuesday shed light on her views on tensions in Europe, Russia and Ukraine on Facebook. Diplomacy, he wrote, only makes sense if the demands and goals of both parties to the dispute are somehow justified and if a mutually satisfactory compromise can be reached between them.
“However, Russia’s goals vis-à-vis its neighbors are not legitimate, and therefore it is impossible to make legitimate and lasting compromises on them,” he wrote.
“Russia is not under military threat, and therefore Russia cannot invoke its otherwise legitimate security interests in demanding Russian neighbors’ hegemony or restricting their foreign and security policy.”
Niikko announced on Tuesday that he has decided to resign as chairman of the committee following a wave of criticism over the tweets over NATO and Ukraine. The Western head of state, he tweeted, should step in front of the media and state that Ukraine will not join NATO.
“Otherwise, the negotiations will not succeed from Russia’s point of view, and the consequences will be appalling.” Is there not a single wise head of state in the West who knows Russia? ”Niikko wrote.
He later clarified that he believes that any independent state is free to apply for NATO membership.
Aleksi Teivainen – HT
Source: The Nordic Page