National Parliament Composition
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Government
| Head of State (President) | Alexander Stubb (*-EPP) |
| Head of Government (PM) | Petteri Orpo (Kok.-EPP) |
| Parties in Government | National Coalition Party (Kok.-EPP) Finns Party (PS-ECR) Swedish People’s Party of Finland (SFP-RE) Christian Democrats (KD-EPP) |
Parties
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: Antti Kaikkonen
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.
Vihreä Liitto (Vihr.)
Green League
Leader: Sofia Virta
Orientation: Centre-left, Green
EP Affiliation: Greens/EFA (Greens/EFA, EGP, GG, SOC, CG)
EU Stance: 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: Minja Koskela
Orientation: Left-wing
EP Affiliation: LEFT (LEFT, ELA, History with EL, NTP, NGLA, UEL)
EU Stance: 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 People’s Party of Finland
Leader: Anders Adlercreutz
Orientation: Liberal
EP Affiliation: RE (RE, ALDE Party, LI, CG)
EU Stance: Strongly in favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 1906-…
Watch here our video from 2019 about the party. Together with Åländska 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: Somewhat in favour of EU integration (Chapel Hill data)
Years active: 2018-…
Note: Split from Kokoomus (EPP) in 2018
Åländska Centern (C)
Åland Centre
Leader: Veronica Thörnroos
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: Åländska Centern is part of the Åländsk Samling alliance. Representatives of this alliance sit with the Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP) group in the national parliament.