The Party Leadership Has Strong Party Secretary Riik- ka Slunga and Party Chairman Timo Soini Faith in the EU Elections stress the importance of the Euro-elections: - Not voting is silent approval of the EU’s Come join present bail-out policy. us, we have a party for you
- The Finns Party is once again the only choice. Party Chairman Timo Soini and Party Secretary Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo emphasize that cooperation has already been formed with media channels, partners and other groups throughout Europe.
THIS spring’s EU election will be historic staff – says Soini. ly - candidates should do their best to or- – it will be a definite measure of the pub- - Soini notes that the Party can increase ganize and work together with the group lic support for the EU policies of the pres- the knowledge and skills of EU officials, leadership. ent Finnish government. Voters will be able MEPs and the Finnish Parliament with ac- to turn these policies to a new direction – a tive participation and diligent work – the Three seats are coming similar movement can happen throughout result can be the learning and applications Europe. The Finns Party is monting an ac- of new ideas and possibilities. Soini: there are two possibilities – the tive campaign in the whole country. - The Party is in a good situation in Eu- message gets across and we win – or the rope – there is a desire to join with us. We voters stay home. All Issues In the EU Can Be also are the best known Finnish party in - The Finns Party is again the only choice. Influenced and Changed the EU. Last time one could choose Timo Soi- ni or stay home. Now the possibilities are What issues in the EU can be changed Take it easy – respect your colleagues to choose among 20 candidates or stay- with the elections, Chairman Timo Soini? ing home. Our policy is, we believe, impres- - The position and power of the EU-Par- Soini emphasizes that candidates must sive: we’ve been consistent and we’ve kept liament is strong - it can have an influence commit to the Party’s program as well as our promises, Soini emphasizes.. Soini pre- on just about everything concerning the their own program. dicts that three candidates will win and a EU, Soini says. Soini notes that those elect- The candidates are indeed the Party’s large, similarly-minded group will succeed ed must find good assistants and make candidates. Candidates should not be dis- throughout Europe. This larger coalition connections with others via ‘good network- tracted by other parties – and not to con- will give a better than before possibility for ing!’ His own experience and contacts can centrate on what they perceive of as short improved co-operation and subsequent in- help find good people. comings in other Party’s candidates. Rather, fluence on issues. The Europarliament is Our most important mission is to open let’s all move forward TOGETHER! able to function as a relatively free body as the doors to change.. We have already set Candidates should refrain from ques- there is no executive that can shackle the the groundwork for cooperation with var- tionable remarks - such remarks result in parliamentary influence. ious media channels, partners and other an unwanted disruption of where we ant groups – as well as having a multinational to go. Words must be chosen intelligent-
2 EU ELECTIONS 2014 The Party Leadership Has Strong Faith in the EU Elections Come join us, we have a party for you
the Finnish Parliamentary elections; we been talk of just boycotting the election A group can surely be found look to similar support in the Euro-elec- because simply there should be no EU. But tions. This is very likely as the Euro-poli- with discussion of what elections can ac- Soini believes that Euroskeptics can form cy of the Finns Party has the backing of the complish and how we can influence the an effective group - to which the Finn Party majority – including the rejection of the Euro-parliament, it was clear election work can join and have an active voice. bailout program. was definitely worth the effort. The voice - Last time I went to Brussels alone and - Soini says the Party has the possibili- of Euroskeptics should be heard, Slunga- was able to work with Neil Farage on the ty to significantly influence the direction of Poutsalo emphasizes. Information about foundations of the EFD, says Soini. He the Finnish government’s Euro-policy. Suc- the Euro-elections were distributed since praises Sampo Terho in diligently continu- cess of the Finns Party in the coming elec- the beginning of last year. Election dis- ing Soini’s work so that the frameworks tions can affect general Finnish govern- trict members were trained following local of co-operation have been not only main- ment policy as well and thusly the position communal elections. tained but deveoped. of the present government becomes more For me, Slunga-Poutsalo says, election - Sampo has been a conscientious and difficult. If the government’s Euro-candi- work means a lot of speaking and being on well-respected parliamentary member, says dates do badly, it could lead to a collapse the scene itself - with and advising the Par- an appreciative Soini. of the government, Soini notes - with refer- ty members and candidates – not just on ence to the Social Democrat Party’s decline. the market squares and among the poten- tial voters. The election work has begun The Euro-revolt must be brought Election work – always worth it very well, notes Slunga-Poutsalo, and she to a conclusion predicts she will be many days in the field Soini stresses that it is the citizens that Practical election work is done from the during the spring. decide who is chosen. It’s most impor- ground up – through local election districts TEXT VELI-PEKKA LESKELÄ tant to go full speed into the elections and and is supervised by the party secretary – PHOTO BY MATTI MATIKAINEN come to a solution: the Party stayed out of Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo. She assures that the government because of EU-policy. Vot- proper resources are available for elector- ers strongly supported the Finns Party in al success. Motivation is also important. There has
UUTISET.PERUSSUOMALAISET.FI 3 Buzz on the Election Stage The Finns Party Euro-election candi- dates travel eagerly around Finland. HELSINKI Election work is done happily and THE TENT at Helsinki’s Narinkka Market Square is humming with Euro-Parliament candidates – among with great heart – and help comes them Laura Huhtasaari and Piritta from hard-working supporters. Poikonen.
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THE FINNS PARTY Women’ organized an event at the Kamppi Narink- ka Market Square in Helsinki. The picture shows candidates Piritta Poikonen, Sampo Terho, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Johanna Jurva, Anne Louhelainen, and Laura Huhtasaari as well as Kike Elomaa (front).
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‘THE FINNS PARTY WOMEN’ had its own stand with a continual crowd at the Turku Fair. The picture shows MEP candidates Maria THE FINNS PARTY set up a Euro-election event and was attended Lohela and Piritta Poikonen, Finnish Parliament member Kike Elomaa by candidates Maria Lohela, Marko Kulpakko and Pirkko Mattila. as well as Mira Katajamäki and Leila Hannula.
4 EU ELECTIONS 2014 LOHJA KEMPELE
MEP CANDIDATES Mauno Vanhala, Ilkka Matinpalo, Piritta Poikonen, Erkki Havansi and Sampo Terho and the ‘Election Cart’ – known from the communal elections.
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MEP CANDIDATE Pirtta Pokonen Euro at the Lohja Market sur- rounded with support by Election Coordinator Pekka M. Sinisalo and JANUARY MARKET shivers but MEP candidates Kimmo Kivelä and Party Secretary Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo. Pirkko Mattila are pleased with the election atmosphere.
UUTISET.PERUSSUOMALAISET.FI 5 The road to a better Europe
The Finns Party is the only party in the The EU is experiencing the biggest crisis in its history. At the Finnish parliament that has consistent- same time as the elite is trying to centralize power in Brussels, ly opposed the centralization of the EU. We don’t accept the non-democratic nature of there are critical voices growing throughout Europe against that the supervision and control by the Commis- centralization. The question to be answered by the Euro-elections sion – as it narrows the scope of Finnish in- dependence. We also do not approve of the of 2014 is which direction will be chosen. common financial responsibility and liabili- ty – which also has a definite moral difficul- SOME of the Euroskeptic parties want to state loses the ability to decide on the use ty as those that cause the problem do not disengage completely from the EU while of its own funds, create operational legisla- have to bear the consequences. others believe the EU can still be saved. tion and even not being able to effectively All parties are dissatisfied with the present oppose bad decisions by a centralized gov- From the centralization of power situation. Which is the way to go? To con- ernment. to decentralization tinue the current policies with people re- It’s difficult to understand how even an sisting the central power of a federal gov- extreme dreamer can see how this central For the past two decades the EU has, ernment? Or should there by an opening of state development can be in Finland’s fa- through complex constitutional arrange- new paths towards something else? vor. If we give these powers to such a cen- ments, accumulated more central pow- tral government – when we have in the er than many would want to give and even What Federal State? Euro-patliament a mere 2 % of the repre- that many don’t realize it has. This develop- sentative voting power – it’s clear that Fin- ment has only accelerated during these re- The development of a federal state land can no longer decide its own financial cent crises. Studies show that less than ten means a centralization of power in Brus- and legislative affairs. This basically means percent of Finns want the EU to be a feder- sels. the death of the Finnish nation-state as al state. This results from a transfer of finan- such. Economically it means the milking of Finnish politicians – realizing the general cial resources and powers from the mem- other cows for Finland – or at least a bold opinion of the Finnish voters – refrain from ber states. In practice this means a member act of mercy. talking about this ‘federal state.’ They call
6 EU ELECTIONS 2014 conversations and mentioning of federalism member’s debts. to be fear-mongering in spite of there be- In respect of democracy ing open mention in the Europarliament of Which Way? Britain or Germany? the EU being the United States of Europe. The only force that has changed the pres- Finland’s current six-party coalition sup- The idea of a reduction in EU power cen- ent Finnish government’s EU policy was ports a federal state in practice but is hesi- tralization has begun to spread through- the Finn Party’s success in the Finnish par- tant to say it directly. out Europe. Recently the Dutch government liament elections – and the only force that How can a distant central power – even announced that the time of continuing EU can disrupt any continuation of bad poli- in theory – develop Finland for Finns bet- integration is now over. An even stronger cies is success of the Finns Party in the Eu- ter than Finland can do for itself? A cen- view is coming from the traditionally Euro- ro-elections. Finland, with the leadership of tral power does not have the time, interest skeptic Britain. The UK is demanding a re- the Finns Party, can steer away from a fed- or ability. The more issues decided in Brus- evaluation of its EU membership and wants eral state and join with the UK’s Euroskep- sels, the less authority Finland has to affect renegotiation by 2017. The UK’s prime min- tics in a direction to a renewed and re- these decisions. Every step toward a feder- ister David Cameron has said the EU should formed EU. Finland’s benefit comes from a al state weakens the basis of Finnish de- be less centralized. On the other hand, Ger- looser, less centralized union where rules mocracy. many’s Angela Merkel has said the present and restrictions are decreased, authority is A federal state also means an increase policies of centralization should continue limited and where commerce is the main in financial transfers and responsibility as – a path which would be difficult to picture concern. The goal is to thusly reform the EU poorer countries with larger populations other than the formation of a European fed- and return decision-making to a more lo- get to decide on use of our tax resources. eral state. Here are thus clear choices: fol- cal level. Europe should be built and devel- Annual transfers from Finland are already lowing Britain with the concept of more in- oped for the needs of Europeans – not for at the level of 600 million Euros. dependent states – or German leadership the needs of a European union. Only independence guarantees that Finns toward a more integrated union? Merkel’s can decide on how the results of their view is in strange contrast with discussions TEXT SAMPO TERHO own work are used. The Finns Party stands among Finnish government politicians who PHOTOS BY LEHTIKUVA strong on the principle that no EU member are in public denial of the whole idea of a should be taking responsibility for another European federation.
UUTISET.PERUSSUOMALAISET.FI 7 The Finns Party Euro-election candidates 2014
Finnish MP, Finns Party Former Finnish MP and 3rd Vic Chairman Minister Juho Toimi AND AND ON C IDAT ON C IDAT TI ES TI ES EC ★ EC ★ L L -E 2 -E 2 Eerola 5 Kankaan- 5 O O . . R 0 R 0 U 5 U 5 E . E . THE 2 THE 2 0 0
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Name: Erkki Havansi • Date of birth: 11/07/1941 • Residence: Kerava ” The EU is breaking its Occupation: Retired professor, the Finns Party parliamentary group legal expert own policy of respecting Education: Law professor, Master of Laws local determination by Positions of trust: Member of Parliament, Deputy, constituency of Uusimaa interfering with details 2011 -, Kerava City Council, the Finns Party Council, Chair, Kerava City Group, WHO? member, Suomen Perusta Foundation, member of the board about which Finns Publications: 18 law books, one chess book, numerous law and legal know better. ” policy articles in the field, a number of ‘Finns Party policy’ newspaper articles Website: www.erkkihavansi.fi
www.erkkihavansi.fi 13 teacher LauraHuhtasaari. countries only grow, saysspecial needs of crisiscountries as well astheassisting more loans. The resultisthatthedebts and now thecrisisisto behandled with Success of theEuro was basedonloans bypasses Finland The concentration of power Huhtasaari Laura Teacher 14 Finland’s well-being. standing of justice andsound policies with ty because theparty combined herunder er for eight years. ShejoinedtheFinnsPar in FinlandandtheUSA. She’s been ateach as well. Shewasbothauniversity student a teacher’s daughter andwanted to beone her rootsarenow deep inSatakunta. She’s will besetback 50 years, saysHuhtasaari. threat isthatFinland, asawelfare state, bypassing thecitizens of smallnations. The tralization of power inevitably resultsin trated in theEUbureaucracy. The cen tegrated Europewhere power isconcen concerned asshe views developments. needs teacher fromPori, hasbeen highly ical timesand THE - Icansay theparty confirms my own Huhtasaari wasborninPirkanmaa – and - We areheadingfor anincreasingly in EuropeanUnionislivingduringcrit nations. ” citizens of small inthebypassing of the power inevitably results ” The centralization of Laura Huhtasaari , aspecial ------tries aswell astheassistingcountries only The resultisthatthedebtsof crisiscoun the crisisisto behandledwithmoreloans. of theEurowasbasedonloansandnow other countries similarto Finland. Success the people andwilldamageFinland packages whichareagainstthewishesof being madeto save theEurowithsupport into afederal state. Hopelessattempts are have made Finlandlesscompetitive. trol andfewer of thekindof directives that states have moredecision-making con can stillbechanged The EUdirection find eachother, saysHuhtasaari. strong opinions. Similarly mindedpeople grow, saysLaura Huhtasaari. WHO? - There isadetermined centralization Huhtasaari believes that somemember Website: Directors (alternate); Regional Council ofSatakunta council. Planning, Environmental Board of HealthDivision,Satakunta Hospital District Public Positions of Trust: The Finns Party Women (board member),amemberoftheNational Executive. Satakunta District Vice Satakunta’s Chairman, Finns Party Women (Chairman), of Trust:Positions Education: Occupation: Name: Laura Huhtasaari www.laurahuhtasaari.fi 14 ★ Master ofEducation .20 E 05 UR Special Education TeacherSpecial . O 5 -
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Name: Toimi Kankaanniemi • Date of Birth: 02/26/1950 “ It’s nonsense, as the Registered office: Uurainen Education: University student, municipal government degree only Nordic country, (University of Tampere) to shovel billions Occupation: Former Member of Parliament / Minister of our Euros to Positions of trust: Uurainen Communal Council, Finland WHO? The Association’s Board of Directors, Central Finland Health Care District Greece. ” Board of Directors, Member of the Central Finland Regional Council, Jyväskylä Regional Development Company Jykes Member of the Board Blog: http://toimi-kankaanniemi.blogspot.fi
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Name: Piritta Poikonen ” Equal treatment Date of Birth: 04/01/1975 Residence: Lohja of banks has to be Occupation: Lawyer and expert in the financial sector at the Federation ensured in every of Finnish Financial Services country in any Positions of trust: Lohja City Council, HUS (Hospital District of Helsinki WHO? and Uusimaa ) certified, Lohja City Planning Board (Vice Chairman), fiscal union. ” Lohja region Family Caregiver Advisory Board (Vice Chairman) Publications: (Books) Pension Saving (2010), Where does the money go? (2013) Website: www.pirittapoikonen.com
www.pirittapoikonen.com 23 24 ly Puisto iswithCambridge University asa move back to Finland, Puisto tells. Current Chinese. A couple of years later Idecided to was necessary to learnto speak Mandarin English atwork butotherwisenot - soit Westerner inthefirm – I could get by with an eye-opening experience astheonly firms inShenzen andHong Kong. Thiswas don Brown sor for Prime Ministers – Kinghasalsointimebeen chiefadvi with hisPh.D. advisorbeing University. UK to study naturalscience atCambridge and thenleft after military service for the Tampere, wrote hisuniversity exam in1997 SAKARI PUISTO Puisto, Ph.D. direction doexist, believes Sakari of theEU. Possible changesin able to envisionthefutureform After theseelections, one will be sibility andadebt-fund union. - I’m opposedto common respon change thecourse It’s to upto EUcritics Puisto Sakari Researcher, Ph.D - Ibegan my career insouthernChina in2004 He didhisdoctoral dissertation of theEU. ” thefuture elections will plot ”spring The . , a37 year oldPh.D. bornin Tony Blair Sir DavidKing and Gor - - -
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PROFESSOR Mauno Vanhala, medical doc- Generation of young people - the EU has pushed for public sector tor, has worked a long time in the health facing social exclusion costs to be cut. For Finland that means care field in Finland and is concerned some two billion Euros of communal bud- about the direction of social and health Vanhala would not break up the EU but gets and everyone working at the commu- care in the last decades. would halt the development towards fed- nal level knows this is a significant reduc- - When Finland joined the EU in 1995, I eralization and the fiscal union. tion. Greece has been forced earlier into a assumed it keeps its own social and health - How the Euro-crisis countries’ future af- deplorable state and now Finland is threat- policies. That doesn’t seem to be the case. fects the Euro is still to be seen, says Van- ened with the same fate as industry leaves EU’s internal market and competition rules hala - it’s very difficult for anyone to predict and Euros no longer invested. Vanhala will have begun to affect visiting doctor activ- at this stage. I view the EU critically but not be on the campaign trail together with Eu- ity. Moreover, large movements of capital to the point of its dismantling. I would give ro-parliament candidate Erkki Havansi - on from health care firms to tax havens raise priority to citizens’ basic needs and op- what could be called a ‘professor tour.’ many questions, Vanhala says. Finland has pose ‘dangerous’ directives. I should want Vanhala enjoys bicycle touring and hunt- to be more proficient in acquiring research to put effort into the large public health ing as well as driving trotters – something funds for studying diseases relevant to concerns. Other important matters include he’s done since 1972. His family consists Finland – these applications need proper how the consequences of youth unemploy- of his wife and children already ‘out in the medical knowledge and not just the back- ment marginalize a whole generation – world.’ ground of engineers and economists. and bring huge problems.
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Finland joined the EU in 1995. Should Many now think a new referendum should be there be a held. referendum on Finland’s EU member- ship? Finland held in 1994 a national advisory referendum on the question of Finland joining the European Union – membership then followed in 1995. We have asked the Finns Party candidates for their opinion on whether there should be a new referendum.
YES – there should be a new referendum. The MORE relevant than a referendum on Finnish vote in 1994 did not concern the creation of a membership in the EU would be a referendum federal state, a transfer of revenues nor especially on the Euro. A national vote on EU membership the Euro. There was no mention of these issues. A would be relevant if the ‘six pack’ coalition par- new vote would give a whole new generation the ties continue to give away Finnish independence chance to decide. to Brussels. ■ Juho Eerola ■ Erkki Havansi
FINNS have not voted to approve the develop- KUN Suomi liittyi EU:hun periaatteena oli, että ment of an EU federal state. Referendums should päätökset tulisi tehdä mahdollisimman lähellä take place in the member states. It’s now deci- kansalaisia. Tästä periaatteesta on luovuttu ja sion time – and citizens should decide. Finnish in- EU:ta ajetaan kohti liittovaltiota. Olisi kohtuullista dependence is not some kind of commercial item järjestää EU:sta avoin kansanäänestys. On väärin which would be offered anymore to a ‘new liberal’ viedä Suomi pienin askelin kohti totaalista liitto- than to a socialist fantasy. valtiota ja sitten selittää, että prosessia ei voi enää peruuttaa. ■ Simon Elo ■ Laura Huhtasaari THE 1994 referendum gave the possibility to take Finland into a European framework which no one THE QUESTION of Finnish voters’ opinion of pos- could predict at that time. Yes – a new EU referen- sible accession to the EU in 1994 was about an dum should be held. entirely different EU than what now exists. The voters were scammed. Now there is a treacher- ■ Jussi Halla-aho ous development towards a federal state which leaves Finland’s independence in shreds. The truth should be told to the people and an honest referendum held. ■ Toimi Kankaanniemi
30 EU ELECTIONS 2014 YES – there should be a referendum – the EU is YES – there should be a referendum as the EU re- not the same as when the previous referendum quires accountability. Finland should increase the The Candidates Answer took place. use of referendums in any case – much the same way as Switzerland. This would keep politicians ■ Kimmo Kivelä on their toes and help to prevent strange and ob- fuscated decisions at the national as well as EU YES – a referendum – I, for example, didn’t get a level. chance to vote on EU membership! ■ Sakari Puisto ■ Jani Kolehmainen IN 1994, the advisory referendum concerned a YES – there should be an advisory referendum different EU than the one we live with today. A concerning a departure from the EU – based on new referendum would be able to deal with the the Lisbon Agreement, article 50 – and join an federalization development as well as the issue EFTA common market – such as Norway and of the common responsibility towards nation- Switzerland. al debt. ■ Marko Kulpakko ■ Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner A REFERENDUM in Finland is only advisory and the challenge is to activate people to vote. A A NEW referendum on the EU is well founded, be- binding vote would give much more motivation cause there exists a whole new generation since to actually vote. Voting should be seen not only the previous vote. The EU during these decades as a right but an obligation. has changed to be quite something different from the time in the 90’s when Finland voted. ■ Maria Lohela ■ Sampo Terho THERE’S been a whole new generation that’s grown up since Finland joined the EU – includ- ed my own child. At the same time Finland has NATIONAL referendums are truly big events ‘given’ funds to South Europe via so-called ‘loans.’ which divide opinions. Correct information will Lenders should have the possibility to tell their help everyone make thoughtful decisions. opinion about the EU. It’s good that there is al- ■ ready the chance to answer this spring in the Eu- Maria Tolppanen ro-elections – “Vote and influence the future di- rection of the EU!” IF THE EU stays as it is, no referendum is needed. If it is on its way to a fiscal union or a federal state ■ Anne Louhelainen then it’s need to ask the people if they want that development. YES – there should be a referendum. There should always be referendums when the EU’s ba- ■ Mauno Vanhala sic agreement and ‘contract’ has been changed. Such votes should be held throughout the EU OF COURSE there should be a referendum. Fin- and in so doing, the present lack of democracy land went to the Euro without any national vote can be lessened. Also the awareness of referen- – quite differently than Sweden which today is dums taking place will improve the preparation successful with its own currency. Finland was put of treaties and other legislation by the politicians. onto the end of the EU leash with no possibility to have any influence. Break up the EU and renew ■ Ilkka Matinpalo the Euro, free Finland! Decision-making should be returned to the Finnish Parliament, a process IT DEPENDS, of course, on what is asked – dis- now taken over by the EU Commission with the engage from the Euro or get out of the EU com- possibility to grow its own bureaucracy. Power pletely? Or just stop the federalization of the EU? has leaked excessively to the wrong and unskilled But I would want a referendum in any case. hands. ■ Pirkko Mattila ■ Juha Väätäinen
YES – a fascinating idea – especially as a big part of the media got behind a favorable vote last time. Nowadays a similar proposal would not go through. Nevertheless, a better idea is to vote for the Europarliament and Finnish Parliament candi- dates - that want to and know how to prevent the EU from getting more power. ■ Piritta Poikonen
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