Tag: Democratic Party
Eva: The gender gap in party preferences has continued to grow in Finland
Among the Basic Finns’ position, men make up about 70 percent and the coalition’s 60 percent, while women make up about two-thirds of the Greens and the left-wing coalition. The Center and the Social Democrats are the only two of the six largest parliamentary parties whose base is roughly evenly divided between men and women. […]
Finnish leaders unanimously deny the Prime Minister’s proposal to send Hornets to Ukraine
Several countries are weighing their own capabilities to provide such military support. I think this could also be discussed in Finland. We know we’ve made a decision on new fighters. We know the schedule for when we will get new jets to Finland, and I believe that we can also talk about the Hornets, whether […]
Basic Finns dominate the media in Finland’s election news
The party has also attracted attention with the debates on the NATO membership debates and the debates on the Translaw Act and the Sámi assemblies. The analysis covers domestic editorial media coverage of the parliamentary elections from January 1 to February 19, 2023. Basic Finns accounted for 19% of all party mentions in the coverage […]
The moderates want the Social Democrats to be part of the next majority, but not with their left-wing allies
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is quickly becoming the kingmaker of this general election – and quite possibly the kingmaker who could become king. In recent days, his party the Moderates have gained in popularity, and Rasmussen has increasingly dictated the terms of who will be in the next government. And yesterday he strongly indicated that the […]
HS: The Social Democrats are changing the course of spending cuts, because they are needed in the next election period
“We have started preparatory work within the party on the economic attitude of the next election period. We can reveal the results when the work is finished after the turn of the year. Fiscal adjustment typically refers to a mix of tax increases and spending cuts designed to curb public debt. On Monday, Lindtman did […]
YLE: The Coalition’s lead over the Social Democrats shrinks from 7 points to 4 points
Last month, the coalition received wide publicity for the charges brought against Wille Rydman (NCP), a 36-year-old second-term member of parliament from Helsinki. The party’s leadership announced a few days later that it had lost confidence in the legislator, which is why he resigned from the parliamentary and council group in Helsinki. Jussi WestinenThe research […]
Sweden opposes deployment of NATO nuclear weapons, military bases: ruling party
Moscow [Russia]May 16 (ANI / Sputnik): The ruling Swedish Social Democratic Party said on Sunday that it would oppose the deployment of NATO nuclear weapons and military bases on its territory if the country were to join the alliance. “The Social Democrats will work for Sweden to express unilateral reservations against the deployment of nuclear […]
Marin’s SDP presents NATO bid and paves the way for a formal decision on Sunday
prime minister Sanna MarinThe Social Democratic Party has officially supported Finland’s NATO membership. The party council of the largest parliamentary group met for several hours on Saturday afternoon in Helsinki. The 60-member council gave the green light to NATO’s application with 53-5 votes and two abstentions. The vote was expected after a unanimous yes vote […]
Sweden strengthens defense ties with Great Britain ahead of the decision on NATO membership
Stockholm [Sweden]May 11 (ANI / Xinhua): Sweden strengthened its defense and security ties with Britain with a “declaration of political solidarity” on Wednesday, ahead of the country’s historic decision on its NATO membership. Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and her visiting British counterpart Boris Johnson signed the declaration after discussing the security situation in Europe […]
Sweden strengthens defense ties with Great Britain ahead of the decision on NATO membership
STOCKHOLM, May 11 (Xinhua) – Sweden strengthened its defense and security relations with Britain with a “declaration of political solidarity” on Wednesday, ahead of the country’s historic decision on its NATO membership. Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and her visiting British counterpart Boris Johnson signed the declaration after discussing the security situation in Europe and […]
The Green Party opposes Sweden’s accession to NATO
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Sweden should refrain from joining NATO, even if Finland decides to join the alliance, said Green Party spokeswoman Marta Stenevi on Saturday. – Other media news – The Green Party, which holds 16 seats in the Swedish parliament with 349 members “has closely followed Finland’s debate” on NATO membership, yet Helsinki’s decision […]
Sweden failed to integrate immigrants PM
In the midst of violent riots, Magdalena Andersson has acknowledged serious shortcomings in the country’s migration policy Segregation in Swedish society has gone “too far” and the integration of immigrants is “too bad”, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson admitted on Thursday, after the violent riots there earlier this month. The unrest erupted after an anti-Muslim politician, […]
Sweden failed to integrate immigrants – PM
In the midst of violent riots, Magdalena Andersson has acknowledged serious shortcomings in the country’s migration policy Segregation in Swedish society has disappeared “too far“and the integration of immigrants is”too poor“, admitted Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Thursday, after the violent riots there earlier this month. The unrest erupted after an anti-Muslim politician, Rasmus Paludan, […]
Sweden failed to integrate an immigrant prime minister
In the midst of violent riots, Magdalena Andersson has acknowledged serious shortcomings in the country’s migrant policy Segregation in Swedish society has gone “too far” and the integration of immigrants is “too bad”, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson admitted on Thursday, after the violent riots there earlier this month. The unrest erupted after an anti-Muslim politician, […]
Sweden failed to integrate immigrants – Prime Minister
In the midst of violent riots, Magdalena Andersson has acknowledged serious shortcomings in the country’s migrant policy Segregation in Swedish society has disappeared “too far“and the integration of immigrants is”too poor“, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson admitted on Thursday, after the violent riots there earlier this month. The unrest erupted after an anti-Muslim politician, Rasmus Paludan, […]
Major parties are in favor of a new weapons package for Ukraine
Finland should provide more aid to Ukraine in the form of weapons, if possible, according to MPs from the country’s three most popular political parties. Minister of Defense Yle in an interview on Wednesday night Antti Kaikkonen (Cen), said that Finland has not prepared a third arms aid package for Ukraine, but it has not […]
Making Danish citizenship easier to achieve accelerates integration – study
For more than two decades, right-wing parties have been campaigning to make it more difficult to obtain Danish citizenship. But now a new study suggests that tightening the criteria may have a negative effect on integration. Extensive research conducted by the BUILD Institute at Aalborg University shows that immigrants from non-western countries who received Danish […]
Fearing persecution in Pakistan, Hazara youths make dangerous trips to Australia, Europe
Quetta [Pakistan]February 15 (ANI): Fearing targeted extremism and an uncertain future in Pakistan, many Hazara youths make dangerous trips to Australia and Europe. Rafiullah Mandokhail, a Balochistan-based journalist, writes in The Express Tribune and said that the Hazara community, a minority population in Pakistan, has been subjected to a decade of unrest that has ravaged […]
Yle’s opinion poll: Support for Finnish parties collapsed, Greens down, NCP remains at the forefront
Opposition Support for basic Finns has risen in Yle’s recent monthly survey. The Riikka Purra-party party received 15 percent support in the parliamentary election vote, which is 3.3 percentage points less than in the previous comparison. However, the party as a whole remained in third place, even though it has lagged behind the prime minister […]
MP poll: Russia’s threat has increased
According to Yle’s MP survey, most Finnish legislators believe that the threat to Russia has increased in recent months. Relations between Russia and the West have tightened since last year, as the build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders has raised fears of a resurgence of the conflict. At the same time, the debate on […]
YLE: The center wins, the Basic Finns lose their footing before the provincial elections
The Coalition Party will remain quite comfortable on the pile with a 22.4 per cent support party at the source of the campaign to run before the elections on Sunday 23 January. The popularity of the Social Democratic Party fell 0.9 points to 18.0 percent, allowing for a fierce battle for second place between it […]
Yle’s provincial election: NCP strengthens its leadership, Center challenges SDP second
Yle’s last vote before Sunday’s council elections shows significant changes in the support of the Center Party and opposition Finns. The latest investigation also revealed that the former finance minister Petteri OrpoThe opposition party NCP has strengthened its leadership. Opinion poll Economic research has measured the support for party provincial elections since the end of […]
David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, died at the age of 65
“@EP_President David Sassoli died on 11 January at 1.15 in the CRO in Aviano (PN), Italy, where he was hospitalized. The date and place of the funeral will be announced in the next few hours,” the spokesman said. Roberto Cuillo said. On Twitter, Cuillo said Sassoli, 65, had been in hospital in Italy since Dec. […]
Omicron offers ominous prospects for January in Denmark, warns SSI
Tyra Grove Krause, head of the department of infectious epidemiology and prevention at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), expects that the current increase in corona cases will flatten out by the end of January. But while she predicts to the P1 radio station that more people will be infected in the coming weeks and that […]
