Tag: Joonas Könttä
YLE: More than half of MPs support increasing nuclear power capacity
The Parliament has a total of 200 members. Many of the respondents, the broadcaster wrote, paid attention to small modular reactors, even though the question was about nuclear power in general. Joonas Könttä (The Center) estimates that the nuclear power legislation should be clarified so that the construction and start-up of small modular reactors would…
Explanation: Most MPs are in favor of building fences on the Finnish-Russian border
Yle’s research has revealed widespread support in Parliament for building stronger fences on Finland’s eastern border. Yle’s survey was answered by 124,200 MPs, 88 of whom expressed support for such a measure, 22 opposed and 14 did not want to comment. Of the political parties, only the Left Alliance was against the proposal in the…
Mika Niikko, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, forced Ukraine to explain NATO’s comments
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mika Niikko (Finns) had to explain on Twitter their comments that seemed to contradict Finland’s foreign policy views. He suggested that the French president Emmanuel Macronor someone else should publicly announce that Ukraine will not join NATO. He soon removed a tweet suggesting that Russia would not…
The cross-party committee recommends strengthening women’s participation in national defense
The cross-party parliamentary committee has recommended that school information days on women’s military service and voluntary military service be extended to all students in the age group. "Knowledge-based foundations for the development of the national defense relationship of young people must be created in the school system and the whole age group must be invited."…
Finnish women may be called up for military service in the future
The cross-party parliamentary committee has proposed extending the military conscription to women, but not conscription, which is mandatory for Finnish men. The committee argued that a general vocation could help prevent social exclusion, as officials would reach everyone in a certain age group. Invitations would also be an opportunity for more women to learn more…
Marin and Ohisalo state that they are ready to reverse cultural cuts against criticism
The cuts were heavily criticized by the cultural sector, especially after a more detailed breakdown of them was presented on Tuesday. Marin hosted just a few days earlier a group of music industry representatives at its official seat in Helsinki. “I’ll say it straight now, I want the cultural cuts reversed,” he tweeted on Thursday.…
NCP "regrets" choice of words on the immigration policy proposal after the counterattacks
The National Coalition Party (NCP) has announced "I’m sorry" the terminology used in the nine-point proposal on immigration and integration policy, after criticizing the proposed measures and the term used by the party. The document titled Differentiate social security for immigrants and native Finns (roughly translated "Differentiation of social security for immigrants and Finns") included…