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kraznyi_oktjabr · 11-10-16, 09:18 AM

I disagree with linked article, even though racism certainly plays some role.

If this was merely about racism, then Finland doesn't fit into picture. Finns Party gained its greatest victories when a) immigrant situation was quite stabile and b) other political parties were in middle of financial misconduct scandal.

Refugee crisis began well before latest parliamentary elections and logically there should have been surge in Finns Party popularity. That didn't happen, instead Greens (+5 seats, +1,5 points popularity) and Centre (+14 seats, +5,3 points popularity) parties got electoral victories at expense of everyone else except Swedish People's Party which retained its seats. Finns Party lost one seat and -1,4 in popularty, but as everyone else crashed that was enough for second largest seat number and third highest popularity.

Finns Party got into government because a) National Coalition and Social Democrats do not fit into same government and b) there was no sufficient support for centre-left government. Unfortunate outcome is that government can't operate without Finns Party support so they have significant leverage on Finnish goverment policies.

There certainly is very large and influential racist far-right section within Finns Party. However it alone is not enough to explain party's popularity and support.

2015 Finnish parliamentary election results are available here: http://vaalit.yle.fi/tulospalvelu/20...lueet_##graafi

11-10-16, 09:18 AM	#10
kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I disagree with linked article, even though racism certainly plays some role. If this was merely about racism, then Finland doesn't fit into picture. Finns Party gained its greatest victories when a) immigrant situation was quite stabile and b) other political parties were in middle of financial misconduct scandal. Refugee crisis began well before latest parliamentary elections and logically there should have been surge in Finns Party popularity. That didn't happen, instead Greens (+5 seats, +1,5 points popularity) and Centre (+14 seats, +5,3 points popularity) parties got electoral victories at expense of everyone else except Swedish People's Party which retained its seats. Finns Party lost one seat and -1,4 in popularty, but as everyone else crashed that was enough for second largest seat number and third highest popularity. Finns Party got into government because a) National Coalition and Social Democrats do not fit into same government and b) there was no sufficient support for centre-left government. Unfortunate outcome is that government can't operate without Finns Party support so they have significant leverage on Finnish goverment policies. There certainly is very large and influential racist far-right section within Finns Party. However it alone is not enough to explain party's popularity and support. 2015 Finnish parliamentary election results are available here: http://vaalit.yle.fi/tulospalvelu/20...lueet_##graafi __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House Last edited by kraznyi_oktjabr; 11-10-16 at 09:35 AM.