From the 22 to the 25th of May, 27 countries and over 500 million inhabitants will be given the choice to elect their 751 representatives at the European Parliament. But ow is it happening all over Europe ? Are campaigning, political issues, and Euroscepticism the same in Spain and Belgium, Lithuania and Great Britain ?…
Tag: Finland
News from Finland
Vihreät nuoret ja opiskelijat (ViNO), or Finnish Young Greens and Students is doing well. The board of ViNO changed in spring, and the new board is now preparing a new set of rules and better network of local groups to make our organisation even more democratic. ViNO’s special character and tight connections with grassroot organisations…
Greens didn't succeed to get into the government
After Finnish’s greens good result in parliamentary elections, the greens went with optimism to government negotiations. But after two weeks, it was clear that the greens are not going to be in government. The reason what was given from the main parties who went to government was: Social democrats wanted a left wing party to…
Elections in Finland
In the elections for the Finnish parliament on 16 March, the Greens League increased its seats from 11 to 14 (8,0% of votes, 28 000 new votes). This is a victory for the party: we were able to grow from the category of around 10 seats (the result in the three previous elections 1991, 1995…