Elections in Finland: Between happiness and the Russo-Ukrainian war

The happiest nation in the world, according to the recently released World Happiness Report 2022, holds elections on the 2nd of April 2023. The current 5-party coalition is not expected to continue, but the new government will also be a coalition. The Social Democrats of the current Prime Minister Sanna Marin, the liberal National Coalition Party and the anti-immigration Finns Party are competing for the premiership.
The campaign focuses on domestic issues. However, the war in Ukraine cannot be ignored: political parties across the spectrum aspire to join NATO after decades of military neutrality. The membership may materialise in the coming summer. Currently, Finland is constructing a 3-meter-high fence, with barbed wire on the top, along the part of its border with Russia.
The seminar focuses both domestic and security issues that the upcoming elections will address. Does Finland fear the spillover of the war?
SPEAKERS:
Veera Luoma-aho
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Dr. Iro Särkkä
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CONCEPT & MODERATION
Mirjana Tomić fjum/Presseclub Concordia
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Ivan Vejvoda, Director of Europe’s Futures-Ideas for Action program (IWM)
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COOPERATION PARTNERS:
fjum
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Presseclub Concordia
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Europe’s Futures-Ideas for Action (IWM)
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ERSTE Stiftung
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
06:50 Veera Luoma-aho
22:20 Dr. Iro Särkkä
29:13 Q&A
56:47 End