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Government

Head of State (President)Sauli Niinistรถ (*-EPP)
Head of Government (PM)Petteri Orpo (Kok.-EPP)
Parties in GovernmentNational Coalition Party (Kok.-EPP)
Finns Party (PS-ECR)
Swedish Peopleโ€™s Party of Finland (SFP-RE)
Christian Democrats (KD-EPP)

Parties

Kansallinen Kokoomus (Kok.)
National Coalition Party
Leader: Petteri Orpo
Orientation: Centre-right
EP Affiliation: EPP (EPP-EP, EPP Party, IDU, EPP-PACE, ConG)
EU Stance: In favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1918-…

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party.

Perussuomalaiset (PS)
Finns Party
Leader: Riikka Purra
Orientation: National-conservative
EP Affiliation: ECR (Party newspaper announcement)
EU Stance: Opposed to EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1995-…

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party.

Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
Leader: Antti Lindtman
Orientation: Centre-left
EP Affiliation: S&D (S&D, PES, PA, SI, SOC, SDG)
EU Stance: In favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1899-… (Scarrow, 2014, p. 54)

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party.

Suomen Keskusta (Kesk.)
Centre Party of Finland
Leader: Annika Saarikko
Orientation: Centrist, Agrarian
EP Affiliation: RE (RE, ALDE Party, LI, ALDE-PACE, CG)
EU Stance: Somewhat in favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1906-…

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party.

Vihreรค Liitto (Vihr.)
Green League
Leader: Sofia Virta
Orientation: Centre-left, Green
EP Affiliation: Greens/EFA (Greens/EFA, EGP, GG, SOC, CG)
EU Stance: Strongly in favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1987-…

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party.

Vasemmistoliitto (Vas.)
Left Alliance
Leader: Li Andersson
Orientation: Left-wing
EP Affiliation: LEFT (LEFT, EL, NTP, NGLA, UEL)
EU Stance: Somewhat in favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1990-…

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party.

Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP)
Swedish Peopleโ€™s Party of Finland
Leader: Anna-Maja Henriksson
Orientation: Liberal
EP Affiliation: RE (RE, ALDE Party, LI, CG)
EU Stance: In favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1906-…

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party. Together with ร…lรคndska Centern, SFP representatives sit with the Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP) group in the national parliament.

Kristillisdemokraatit (KD)
Christian Democrats
Leader: Sari Essayah
Orientation: Centre-right
EP Affiliation: EPP (EPP Party, CG)
EU Stance: Neutral towards EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1958-…

Watch here our video from 2019 about the party.

Liike Nyt (Liik.)
Movement Now
Leader: Hjallis Harkimo
Orientation: Centre-right
EP Affiliation: ~NI (intention to join proposed M5S-led EU Parliament group)
EU Stance: In favour of EU integration
Years active: 2018-…

Note: Split from Kokoomus (EPP) in 2018

ร…lรคndska Centern (C)
ร…land Centre
Leader: Veronica Thรถrnroos
Orientation: Centrist
EP Affiliation: RE (CG, history with ALDE Party, MP in Finnish parliament sits with SFP (RE) group, MP is a direct member (and member of the board) of ELF, the official ALDE think tank)
EU Stance: In favour of EU integration
Years active: 1976-…

Note: ร…lรคndska Centern is part of the ร…lรคndsk Samling alliance. Representatives of this alliance sit with the Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP) group in the national parliament.

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