Leading politicians in Finland have expressed outrage after a former prime minister was assaulted on the street outside the country’s Parliament building last week. Juha Sipilä, who serve as Finnish PM from 2015 to 2019, told national television MTV3 that he had been punched by an unknown assailant in Helsinki on January 7. The Centre […]
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Finns Party Splinters, New Group Makes bid for Sipilä Government
July 7th, 2017 Awake Goy
Following its exit from Juha Sipilä’s government, the Finns Party’s parliamentary group has collapsed, with a band of 20-odd MPs forming a new group to be known as the “New Alternative”. Chair of the new group Simon Elo said the move was not just about the election of anti-immigration hardliner Jussi Halla-aho as Finns Party […]