Perussuomalaiset

Finland

POLITICS

Purra debuts as leader of True Finns with anti-immigration message

The Nomad Today 8/14/21

The five leaders of the parties that make up the Finnish government congratulated the new head of Perussuomalaiset on her election

Finland

POLITICS

Purra aims to be Finland's Le Pen: "We want to limit immigration"

The Nomad Today 7/8/21

"We will never take part in a government where we would not be able to significantly change Finnish immigration policy," she said.

Finland

POLITICS

Truest of Finns steps down as party leader

The Nomad Today 6/21/21

Jussi Halla-aho renounces to continue leading the True Finns Party ( Perussuomalaiset )

Finland

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Right-wing parties surpass Sanna Marin's SDP in vote polls

The Nomad Today 6/10/21

If these results are confirmed on Sunday, the right-wing populist Perussuomalaiset would rise more than 9 percentage points in support compared to the previous municipal elections.

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EPIDEMIC

Finland moves municipal elections to June over Covid-19 concerns

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/6/21

The True Finns party, which is competing with Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats to become the largest party in the country, was the only one to oppose the rescheduling of the elections.

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TWO MEN JAILED

The day the far right tried to kill a prominent Perussuomalaiset chief

The Nomad Today 9/11/20

Pekka Kataja, electoral chief of the Central Finland district, was brutally assaulted at his home in Jämsä on 17 July.  Two men, one of them a Jyväskylä city councilor…

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PERUSSUOMALAISET 'THINK TANK'

Government recovers grant to book that despises women for "mating" with foreigners

The Nomad Today 9/9/20

The Suomen Perusta Foundation, which acts as a think-tank for the opposition party Perussuomalaiset, will have to repay 10,183 euros. According to the Ministry of Education and…

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MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY

True Finns fuel immigrant rejection with false subsidy figures

The Nomad Today 9/3/20

The far-right party says that in the Helsinki region, more than 50% of welfare recipients are foreigners, but the Social Security (Kela) greatly cuts that percentage.

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Estonian far-right leader who mocked Sanna Marin named his son sucessor

The Nomad Today 7/5/20

Helme also referred to the Finnish government's programme as a "revenge" for the Reds for their defeat in the Finnish civil war.

Finland

Lawmakers block prosecution of MP who called refugees 'invasive species'

The Nomad Today 6/26/20

Parliament on Friday refused to lift Juha Mäenpää's immunity in a vote in which 54 MPs rejected the proposal and 24 others did not even show up. Among them were politicians from all…

Finland

Prosecutor General orders police to open probe into racist tweet

The Nomad Today 6/15/20

Police last week saw no reason to open an investigation into the tweet in which Ano Turtiainen mocked George Floyd's death. Now, they have been forced to change their minds.

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Think-tank says Finnish women mate with foreigners to "take revenge" on society

The Nomad Today 6/10/20

“The excerpts I have seen from the publication are cruel and worrying,” said Minister of Science and Culture Hanna Kosonen after reading a publication from a foundation linked to the…

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American company terminates business cooperation with MP Turtiainen

The Nomad Today 6/6/20

"We have zero tolerance for anything so offensive such as the social media post made by its founder," Elitefts said.

Finland

MP Turtiainen temporarily expelled from Perussuomalaiset group

The Nomad Today 6/4/20

On Wednesday, he made headlines for mocking George Floyd's death on Twitter.

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ON TWITTER

Perussuomalaiset MP mocks George Floyd's death

The Nomad Today 6/3/20

Parliamentary Group 'True Finns' says Ano Turtiainen's behaviour is "not acceptable" and will discuss the issue internally.

Finland

True Finns youth leader expelled for declaring himself 'fascist'

The Nomad Today 2/24/20

Watch the video in which Toni Jalonen presents himself as ethnic nationalist, traditionalist and fascist.

Finland

From criticism to radical rejection of immigrants: how the True Finns' speech evolved

Attila Kustán Magyari 12/13/19

Right-wing populists may endanger the welfare state of Finland and other countries and their anti-immigrant rhetoric has changed a lot in the past decades. This can be summed up based on what we…

Finland

True Finns again Finland's main party

The Nomad Today 12/5/19

The far-right and anti-immigration populists got 24.3% in voting intention, according to a survey by the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation (Yle).

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Support for nuclear power is growing in Finland, study finds

The Nomad Today 7/2/19

The construction of nuclear power now has more supporters than ever in Finland, as evidenced a research made by the think-tank EVA. This support is stronger among the voters of the far-right party…

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Government canceled the 115,000 euros grant to the True Finns' youth association

The Nomad Today 6/19/19

The reason is a picture of a dark-skinned family published in its Twitter account during the EU elections, accompanied by a call to vote for the True Finns party "so that Finland's future will not…