With no solution in sight to the end of the war in Ukraine, part of the collateral damage is the Russian-speaking community of Finland, by far the biggest language group outside of Finnish, Swedish, and Sami. Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, there was a lot of hatred and suspicion of Russians. Even if Finland signed…
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MEP Henna Virkkunen: A future EU commissioner of Finland who would care less for the fate of those crossing into the EU
National Coalition Party MEP Henna Virkkunen is hoping to become an EU commissioner. However, there is a question: Is a person qualified if he or she would care less or very little if people die when coming to Europe? In the 2019 MEP election, she responded in the Alma Meter election compass in the affirmative…
Mari Rantanen has no credibility and should resign – her racist posts reveal who she is
In the face of the far right in government, the only thing that Prime Minister Petteri Orpo can parrot is that we have a good government program. The recent MEP election revealed how little credibility Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government has. The Perussuomalaiset (PS)*, suffered a stinging blow. The National Coalition Party (NCP) was spared…
Riikka Purra and the PS are desperate for “news”
Migrant Tales has published many stories exposing how parties like the Perussuomlaiset (PS)* use migrant crime to attract support and votes. Finance Minister and PS Chairperson Riikka Purra jumped the gun Thursday by blaming a terrible stabbing in Oulu on “youth gangs.” “Youth gangs” is code for black and brown youths. Masters at making storms…
The Perussuomalaiset’s political Stalingrad
I still remember clearly the 2011 general election when the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party saw the number of MPs surge to 39 from 5 previously. Some thought that the PS would implode as the Rural Party did in 1972. It took over 13 years for the PS to suffer its worst election loss in the European…
European MEP elections: The Finnish far right has an immigration dependency problem
Just like a junkie craving for a shot, the campaign by the far-right Perussuomalaiset (PS)* showed revealed their immigration dependency problem. Like a gas pedal, the PS has stepped on the immigration topic to attract voters. Immigration is a highly politicized topic in Finland as well and directly related to the success of the PS…
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, the facilitator of Finland’s hard right who concocts political mirages and lies
One of the matters that has amazed me about National Coalition Party Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is his alternative truth about non-existent the threat of the hard right in Finland. Despite the racism and far right scandals that have eaten away at his government’s credibility, Orpo actually believes that parties will change if you go…
The government’s anti-racism program stops racism on paper
The Finnish government has called for comment on its proposed six-million-euro action program against racism by June 10th. The program’s development began last year when then President Sauli Niinistö was questioned at an international press conference about racist remarks made by ministers in the Petteri Orpo government. Announced in May, the program calls for anti-racist…
Like a toxic addiction, Finland’s Interior Minister Rantanen cannot kick the habit of her conspiracy theories
The “great replacement” theory, in simple terms, states that welcoming immigration policies —particularly those impacting non-white immigrants — are part of a plot designed to undermine or“replace” the political power and culture of white people living in Western countries. National Immigration Forum One long-range plan of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party has had is to keep…
Minister Wille Rydman and the Finnish government laugh at the vulnerable
If there is one matter that describes PM Petteri Orpo’s government to the tee, it is it cruelty to the most vulnerable sectors of society and migrants. The personification of antipathy and hostility is none other than Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman, a former member of the National Coalition Party who became after a…