Perussuomalaiset

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Perussuomalaiset
Sannfinländarna
base fins
Logo of the PS
Jussi Halla-aho 2014.JPG
Party leader Jussi Halla-aho
Secretary General Simo Grönroos
vice-chairman Riikka Purra
Arja Juvonen
founding May 11, 1995
Headquarters Yrjönkatu 8-10 B 25
FIN - 00120 Helsinki
Alignment Right-wing populism
Nationalism
National
conservatism EU skepticism
Colours) Blue, white, gold
Parliament seats
39/200
MEPs
2/14
EP Group Identity and democracy
Website www.perussuomalaiset.fi

The Perussuomalaiset ( PS or PeruS for short ; Swedish Sannfinländarna ; German  Basisfinnen or True Finns , since 2012 The Finns ) are a right-wing populist party in Finland that emerged in 1995 from the Suomen maaseudun puolue .

The party describes itself as patriotic and EU-skeptical and sees itself as an opposing force against the " establishment ". In the parliamentary elections in Finland in 2019 , it became the second largest party for the first time with almost 17.5 percent of the vote and has since been the second largest parliamentary group with 39 members.

From 2015 to 2017 she was involved in a center-right coalition with the liberal-conservative rallying party led by the liberal Center Party , which ended on June 13, 2017 after the party's split. The party chairman has been Jussi Halla-aho since 2017 . After his election as party chairman, part of the parliamentary group split off and joined the new Blue Reform party to continue the coalition. There were 17 members of the Basic Finns.

history

PS emerged in 1995 from the populist peasant party Suomen Maaseudun Puolue (SMP). At this point in time, the latter had gone through a period of decline, partly due to its aggressive xenophobic program. Although the SMP returned to a more moderate program in the mid-1990s, it was unable to prevent its political bankruptcy. Then some of the SMP MPs founded the PS under the leadership of Raimo Vistbacka . According to the PS, the aim of founding the party was "to offer an alternative to the politics of the existing parties".

Members of the right-wing extremist Suomen Isänmaallinen Kansanliike (SIKL) were also on the 1996 electoral list . After the parliamentary elections in 2003 , the party was represented in parliament for the first time with three, after the parliamentary elections in 2007 with five. The strong increase in votes for the party in each of these elections is attributed in particular to the oratory skills of their party president, Timo Soini , who has been in office since 1997 . He was also the candidate of the grassroots in the presidential elections in 2006 and was fifth out of eight applicants with 3.4 percent of the vote.

In the European elections in Finland in 2009 , the party entered into an electoral alliance with the Christian Democratic KD , which won 14 percent of the vote and two seats, one of which went to the PS and was taken by Soini. The seat in the European Parliament was taken over by Sampo Terho when Soini was elected to the Finnish Parliament in spring 2011. The party was initially a member of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group . In 2014 she moved to the group of European Conservatives and Reformers . In the 2012 presidential election , Soini was fourth out of eight candidates with 9.4 percent of the vote.

In the 2015 parliamentary election , the party became the third-strongest party for the first time with 17.7 percent of the vote and the second-largest parliamentary group with 38 MPs. It formed a center-right coalition with the liberal-conservative rallying party led by the liberal Center Party , which ended on June 13, 2017 after the party's split. After the right-wing extremist Jussi Halla-aho was elected party chairman on June 10, 2017, the party split. The more moderate wing split into the new grouping Uusi vaihtoehto (German New Alternative), to which the long-time chairman Timo Soini and all ministers belong. A short time later, the Blue Future party (Sininen tulevaisuus) emerged from this. After the split, Perussuomalaiset only had 17 seats in parliament and was only the fifth largest group.

In the 2019 parliamentary election , the PS became the second strongest party for the first time with 17.5 percent of the vote and has had 39 MPs since then.

Program and ideological location

Euro-skepticism , criticism of the current immigration policy and other right-wing populist positions prevail in the PS program . In the 2008 local elections, the PS won votes primarily in those areas where the Social Democrats and the leftist alliance lost votes. In the parliamentary elections of 2011, observers said that their rejection of the EU and their mistrust of the established parties, which differ less and less in their positions, played an important role in the potential for voters.

The PS advocates, among other things, the abolition of Swedish as a compulsory foreign language and a tightening of the asylum law . In addition, there are also more left-wing demands in the economy : the increase in the tax on capital gains (from 28% to 30% in the highest tax bracket) and the reintroduction of a wealth tax . In addition, the party takes some Christian conservative positions, for example same-sex marriage is rejected. The PS is one of the few right-wing and right-wing populist parties in Europe that admit the existence of man-made climate change and do not deny its dangers.

Politically similar parties in neighboring Nordic countries are the Danish People's Party , the Norwegian Progressive Party and the Sweden Democrats . The PS was one of the founding parties of the European Alliance of Peoples and Nations , the new right-wing populist parliamentary group announced before the 2019 European elections .

Leadership politician

Party leader

General Secretaries

Election results

Parliamentary elections

Election results in parliamentary elections
1.0%
1.6%
4.1%
19.1%
17.7%
17.5%
1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
year Mandates be right %
1999 01 026,440 1.0%
2003 03 043,816 1.6%
2007 05 112.099 4.1%
2011 39 560.075 19.1%
2015 38 524.054 17.7%
2019 39 538.731 17.5%

Local elections

year Mandates be right %
1999 0.138 021,999 0.9%
2000 0.109 014,712 0.7%
2004 0.106 021,417 0.9%
2008 0.442 137,446 5.4%
2012 1,195 307.797 12.34%
2017 0.770 227.297 8.8%

European elections

Election results in European elections
0.7%
0.8%
0.9%
9.8%
12.9%
13.8%
1996 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
year Mandates be right %
1996 0 015.004 0.7%
1999 0 009,854 0.8%
2004 0 008,900 0.9%
2009 1 162,571 9.8%
2014 2 222.102 12.9%
2019 2 253.176 13.8%

Presidential election

year candidate be right %
2000 Ilkka Hakalehto 031,405 1.0%
2006 Timo Soini 103,368 3.4%
2012 Timo Soini 287,571 9.4%
2018 Laura Huhtasaari 207.175 6.9%

literature

  • Ann-Cathrine Jungar: Convergence by different means: The Finns Party and the Sweden Democrats . In: Frank Decker , Bernd Henningsen , Kjetil Jakobsen (eds.): Right-wing populism and right-wing extremism in Europe. The challenge of civil society through old ideologies and new media . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2015, ISBN 978-3-8487-1206-9 , pp. 187 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Kuitto & Oberst 2011, p. 121.
  3. ↑ Michael Lausberg: The "True Finns Right-Wing Populism". DISS-Journal 23 (2012), pp. 18-20.
  4. ^ Oskar Niedermayer: Handbook of political party research. Springer VS, 2013, p. 859.
  5. ^ Party analysis - True Finns won the day . Statistics Finland
  6. ↑ True Finns - Overstretched Europeans ( Memento from June 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ a b Friday: And generally very anti , April 18, 2011.
  8. ↑ Reinhard Wolff: Parliamentary elections in Finland: "True Finns" win. In: taz.de . April 13, 2011, accessed December 31, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Wirtschaftsblatt.at, February 27, 2011: "True Finns" want to cup the rich ( memento from March 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Manfred Ertel: Election campaign in Finland: Attack of the tank crackers. In: Spiegel Online . April 11, 2011, accessed December 31, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Joshua Beer: European Study: How Right-Wing Populists Combat Climate Protection. www.faz.net, February 26, 2019
  12. ↑ yle.fi Vaalit 2011 (Finnish; accessed April 17, 2011)