Freedom Alliance (Finland)

The Freedom Alliance, abbreviated VL (Finnish: Vapauden Liitto, Swedish: Frihetsalliansen), is a Finnish registered party. The party received the required 5,000 signatures on 19 April 2022[1] and was registered on 6 May 2022.[2]

Freedom Alliance
Vapauden liitto
AbbreviationVL
ChairmanOssi Tiihonen
SecretaryCia Grönberg
Vice-chairman
  • Heli Rämäkkö (1st chair)
  • Niko A. Kauko (2nd chair)
  • Pekka Timonen (3rd chair)
Split fromPower Belongs to the People
HeadquartersHelsinki
IdeologyNational conservatism
Economic liberalism
Economic nationalism
Right-wing populism
Hard Euroscepticism
Anti-immigration
Non-interventionism
Direct democracy
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Constitutionalism
Environmental skepticism
Denial of human-caused climate change
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
Colours  Yellow
Parliament
0 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 13
Municipalities
12 / 8,859
County seats
5 / 1,379
Website
vapaudenliitto.fi

Background

The background of several key people in the party is the Power Belongs to the People (VKK) party, led by Ano Turtiainen . Ossi Tiihonen, the chairman of the Freedom Alliance, was one of the prominent members of the VKK, and Cia Grönberg, the party secretary, was the director of VKK's membership in the 2022 regional elections.

All members and officials could not accept VKK's views on Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the spring of 2022. The position of the VKK was relatively pro-Russian and pro-Putin.[3] According to Turtiainen, the reason was not related to appeasing Russia, but to the characteristics of the people who left the party: they were self-interested, the structure of the VKK was designed to prevent it, and the party conflict in the VKK disappeared with them.[4]

Politicians

The party already has elected politicians at the time of its registration. Tiihonen, the chairman of the party and Lohja city councilor will move to the Freedom Alliance group, as will Grönberg and Heli Rämäkkö elected in the county elections.

The party intends to run in the 2023 parliamentary elections and nominated 19 candidates on May 4, 2022.[5]

Election results

Parliament of Finland
Election Votes  % Seats +/- Government
2023 27,526 0.89%
0 / 200
 New Extra-parliamentary

References
  1. "Vapauden liitto -puoluehanke sai puoluerekisteriin tarvittavat kannatusilmoitukset". Yle Uutiset. April 19, 2022.
  2. "Puoluerekisteri.fi". puoluerekisteri.fi.
  3. Nikula, Jouni (April 15, 2022). "Puoluejohtaja Ano Turtiaisen Venäjä-myötäily on aiheuttanut hermoilua VKK:ssa – Keskipohjalaiset VKK-vaikuttajat kiistävät rivien rakoilun: "Meihin on liittynyt perussuomalaisten valtuutettuja viime viikkoina", sanoo veteliläinen Jarno Vähäkainu". KPK.
  4. "VKK:n rivit rakoilevat: Ano Turtiaisen Venäjä-puheet, autoritaarinen johtajuus ja uskonnolliset kannanotot ajavat pois puolueesta". Yle Uutiset. April 11, 2022.
  5. "19 kansanedustajaehdokasta nimetty".
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