Is it the general crisis level and uncertainty going on, pushing people to turn right? Was it Sanna Marin’s “scandals” that led to her downfall in parliament? The “biggest losers” appear to be the Centre Party, Greens and Left Alliance. This shows a decrease in (social-)liberal values among Finns, at least imo.
Finland doesn’t seem to be focusing on the right political topics any more – why? It is a country filled with astonishing beauty and an environment that requires a lot of extra protection for future generations. Not to mention what a welfare state Finland has managed to become. Why throw any of that away? Or am I getting it all wrong?
Could it be that Finland might become difficult for immigrants to reside in?
I feel like we haven’t been paying enough attention to Finnish domestic politics on this sub lately (apart from NATO ofc) and I would really like to have some answers. Thanks in advance!
News source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/03/analysis-what-comes-next-as-finlands-right-wing-sweeps-sanna-marin-from-office
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Normal election cycles. Left wing governments tend to give way to right wing governments and then we spin around again.
Government of the moderate right is not going to scrap the welfare state or deploy blackshirts on the streets to drive away imigrants. Quit worrying over that.
Hell, I hope Kok keeps their promise about tax cuts. I’d like some more of my paycheck actually ending up in my own pockets.
Just normal switch of popularity between opposition and cabinet parties. Kokoomus isn’t particularly right-wing party on global scale. Perus Suomalaiset are populists and their economic policy changes every day.
Nothing to worry about and not that much changes. Kokoomus will cut some benefits and reduce taxes and then lose the next elections like usual.
>Not to mention what a welfare state Finland has managed to become. Why throw any of that away? Or am I getting it all wrong?
People see things differently. A lot of voters thought that the previous coalition was going to eventually throw the welfare state away by not making enough changes to keep funding for that welfare state.
Perussuomalaiset was the second biggest party also in 2019 and 2015. Third in 2011. What’s up with people (in here) acting like finns will start gassing foreigners next week?
Sweden is burning because of bad immigration policy,and finnish people dont want same kind of situation here..denialing to talk openly about problems caused by immigration , lightheaded spending of taxpayers money ,and continiously reminding that we will continue unrealistic emission program , 🤷..those are part of reasons people change parties..
People got scared for months on “the debt” even saying that Finland will end like Greece.
Same circus, different clowns.
Because left wing failed big time.
What makes you say that Finland doesn’t seem to focus on the right political topics? What’s right is heavily influenced by ones opinions.
Lies, amplified by commercial media who hate the left and LOVES the idea of giving more to those who already have. People were being told for months and months how we are in a national debt crisis, and then media hammered for weeks about “gang violence”… which will now magically not be a problem anymore.
Lies, lies, lies. That is what the right wing is made of.
The difference between the three parties is less than 1%. It does not mean that Finland “turned right”. And even if it is true, in a period of war, that is a natural process. Check other countries, and stop dramatising.
It’s misogyny!!!
I just hope liberalipuolue gets more votes next time. That is the only alternative to grow
Because the smart people took control, after emotionally idealistic people spent too much money and made Finland less competitive.
Now Finland should make a pro-business turn to right and boost the economy, now that we can show Finland is perfectly safe, even next to Putin’s Russia, for foreign business and investors.
We still have emotionally loaded conservatives (The Finns) to deal with, but I dont think they can mess our immigration work policy too much at least. SDP might be even better partner to the coalition now that they are getting a new leader, who is bound to be less leftist, if they want any power.
I thought Kokkomus was more center than right wing
What are the “right political topics”? The presence of street gangs and crime committed by asylum seekers – issues that didn’t exist until recently – clearly do qualify as the “right political topics”. Or do you prefer to focus only on issues that you yourself are concerned about?
Well we are simply out of money…so cannot afford 4year of leftist government 🤷
Because careless 29% didnt vote.
Right won’t doesn’t equal bad and neither does left equal good. Understanding that is helpful.
In general populations seem to vote right during times of crisis and left during prosperity, atleast in the nordics.
Furthermore, like sweden, the parties are on the whole the same with varying degrees of policy. Things never really change that much.