The Finns Party MP and deputy party chair Teemu Keskisarja has drawn widespread criticism across Finland’s political spectrum after claiming on national television that the country is experiencing a “population replacement” and receiving “low-quality” immigrants. Speaking on Yle’s A-studio, Keskisarja described immigration as a “partially realised catastrophe” and argued that Finland had accepted “hundreds of thousands of mostly low-quality arrivals” over a single generat...| Helsinki Times
Support for Finland’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) has climbed to 25.8%, the highest level recorded in two decades, according to Yle’s latest monthly poll. The figures, gathered by Taloustutkimus between 11 August and 2 September, show a 1.1 percentage point rise for the opposition party compared to the previous month. SDP, led by Antti Lindtman, now holds a lead of over six percentage points ahead of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party (Kokoomus), which remains steady...| Helsinki Times