Blue and White Front Sinivalkoinen Rintama | |
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Founded | 4 April 2009 |
Dissolved | 2015 |
Ideology | Ultranationalism National conservatism Right-wing populism |
Political position | Far-right |
European affiliation | Alliance of European National Movements |
Colours | Blue and white |
Website | |
www.vapauspuolue.fi | |
The Blue and White Front (Finnish: Sinivalkoinen Rintama) (formerly Freedom Party – Finland's Future) (Finnish: Vapauspuolue – Suomen tulevaisuus) was an ultranationalist political party in Finland which was founded in 2009 and dissolved in 2015.
It was dissolved in 2015 after it had no elected MPs in two consecutive parliamentary elections.
History
The VP was founded on 4 April 2009. In September 2010, leader of the Finnish People's Blue-Whites in the Turku county council, Olavi Mäenpää, joined the VP, and became the party's first city councillor. In November, Turku city councillor Maarit Rostedt of the National Coalition Party also defected to the VP, as well as former True Finns city councillor Kalevi Satopää in Salo. The party changed its name to the Finns Party in 2013.
The party contested its first election in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election.
Policies
The party called for a ban on the construction of mosques and minarets, removal of beggars from the streets and the reduction of foreign aid. It also opposed nuclear power and the mandatory teaching of Swedish.
Election results
Parliamentary elections
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
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2011 | 4,285 | 0.1 | 0 / 200 | 0 | 12 |
References
- ^ "Maahanmuuttokriittinen Vapauspuolue puoluerekisteriin". YLE (in Finnish). 20 November 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Kuusi puoluetta poistettiin puoluerekisteristä". Valtioneuvosto. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Vapauspuolueen historia lyhyesti" (in Finnish). Freedom Party. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- "Mäenpää vaihtaa Vapauspuolueeseen". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- "Turun valtuutettu Maarit Rostedt loikkasi Vapauspuolueeseen". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- "Satopää vapauspuolueeseen". Salon Seudun Sanomat (in Finnish). 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
External links
- "Official website". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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