When EU Commissioner for Technological Sovereignty Henna Virkunen (National Coalition Party) and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen (Perussuomalaiset, PS*) meet to boost confidence in Nato’s ability to protect its subsea cables, but the total opposite. Their political record and their extremist stance on asylum seekers reveals why Europe is toothless and lost in the face of US President Donald Trump.
In the 2024 election compass, Virkkunen still showed little regard for people crossing into the EU. Question 11 of Yle’s election compass asked a yes or no answer: “A person trying to reach Europe can be turned back at the border, even if it would put their life in danger.”
Virkkunen responded in the affirmative, yes, it was ok to push back the person even if his or her life were in danger.
In 2019, Virkkunen voted against improving search and rescue techniques at the Mediterranean
EU Commissioner Commission for Technological Sovereignty Henna Virkunen (National Coalition Party) and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen (Perussuomalaiset) speaking to reporters over a new disruption of the cable C Lion 1 in Swedish waters. Both Virkkunen and Rantanen have little to no respect for refugees crossing the Mediterranean but are more concerned about underwater cables.
Rantanen is another case in her own league.
Some may ask how politicians like Virkkunen and Rantanen show how toothless and lost is Europe.
Their stances on human rights and difference show a cancer that is affecting Enruope: Blame it all on the migrants.
If we continue down this path, Europe is doomed to fail and its cherished values won’t mean a thing.
In the news to today we hear that Trump is planning to make Greenland part of the USA “one way or another”.
Greenland is part of Denmark, our Nordic ally. We in Finland recognize a special duty to protect our Nordic allies. That’s part of why we joined NATO. The problem is that the United States controls the command of NATO and Trump is the commander-in-chief of the US military.
If the US invades Greenland, we will have to figure out quickly which side we are on.
Elina Valtonen reminded everybody in a speech in London that Russia is our most dangerous threat.
She was probably referring to damage to pipelines and electric cables by “the dark fleet” trading wit Russia via the Gulf of Finland. Problem is there is to date no evidence that this damage is being caused by Russia. The only pipeline damage we have any evidence on regarding sabotage is Nordstream- and all the evidence points to to blowing up the pipeline being a Ukraine-CIA joint operation.
Also in the news today is that Trump and Putin are planning to fix the pipeline and sell the gas to Europeans at a huge profit. This fits in with Trump’s announced plans to normalise relations between the US and Russia.
Meanwhile we keep sending weapons from Finland to fight and kill Russians in the Ukraine. We are keeping this up although Trump has cancelled all weapons shipments and intelligence sharing with Ukrainians. It is clear to any layman, but not the Finnish government that the US has changed sides. The government’s big accomplishment for our security was to sign a treaty with the USA giving them free access to 15 military bases so they can occupy Finland any time. We are holding our breaths waiting to see when the Finnish government realizes we are on the wrong side against two superpowers.
Expect more news from secret Finnish intelligence reports of a “hybrid threat” at the border to keep us confused of the big picture.