On the 16th of March of 2020 the Finnish government announced their plans to declare a state of emergency in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, and use the Emergency Powers Act to enact a relatively strict lockdown on the country: Borders closed, schools closed, public gatherings larger than 10 people banned, no needless loitering at public places, etc.
These measures require approval by the Finnish Parliament. They got completely unanimous approval (with the exception of one minor act relating to hospital staff working requirements that was shot down by the Constitutional advisory board). Every single party gave unanimous approval for enacting these measures, including the Finns Party, which is the opposition party in parliament.
Not only was this a historic event in Finland because this was the first time in Finnish history that the Emergency Powers Act was used in peace time, but also because the entire parliament was rather unusually 100% unanimous about such an important governmental action.
All the speeches in parliament, including those by the Finns Party, were about working together and putting aside ideological differences in this time of unprecedented crisis. This is not the time for petty squabbles, as swift action needs to be taken to try to avoid the country completely collapsing.
Because, indeed, the prospects are quite grim. Economic analysts are already predicting that this pandemic may cause an economic crisis that might become even worse than the Great Depression. In Finland countless businesses are in the brink of bankruptcy, and hundreds of thousands of people are in danger of being laid off and losing their jobs (either temporarily or permanently). This is a time for action and working together, not a time for petty quarrels.
Yet, of course the leftist parties in Finland cannot stop hating the Finns party, no matter what.
You see, there's something peculiar and curious happening at the Finnish borders: Borders are completely closed (with the exception of Finnish citizens returning to the country from abroad) and nobody can move in or out... except for refugees. For a reason that so far nobody in government or anywhere has explained, Finland is still taking in refugees from outside the country, even though the borders are closed by governmental decree. Nobody else can enter the country... except refugees, it seems.
The Finns Party is the only one that has dared to point out this inexplicable disobedience, even insubordination, by the Finnish Border Guard. The borders are closed, period. From everybody (with the exception of returning Finnish citizens). So why is the Border Guard still allowing foreign refugees to enter and stay in the country?
The response by the leftist parties? Avoid the question, and instead attack the character of the Finns Party. How dare they take advantage of this crisis to further their own personal agenda? They don't give a flying f about the crisis and are only trying to promote their own politics! How dare they!
I'm not even making that up, or interpreting. That's pretty much exactly the response by eg. several Green Party members on social media. They are not explaining why refugees are an exception. Instead, they are just smearing the Finns Party for bringing it up.
The Finns Party has shown nothing but support and agreement with the government (which currently consists pretty much of nothing but left-wing party cabinet ministers). But how dare they question the government not obeying their own mandate to close the borders, when it comes to refugees!
Finland is facing an economic crisis of gigantic proportions, and the government has already planned an economic relief package for companies and employees who are in danger of losing their jobs. This relief package is currently planned to be over a billion euros, and is likely to grow many-fold from that.
The Finns Party is the only party that has questioned why the government is still throwing money away to foreign nations in the form of financial aid, getting absolutely nothing in return. The Finnish economy is going down the drain. We can not afford throwing almost a billion euros every year away. The Finns Party has suggested closing that drain, at least for now. Yet no other party considers that to be something feasible.
But it's the Finns party who apparently aren't working together to get the country out of the crisis, and instead driving their own agenda...
These measures require approval by the Finnish Parliament. They got completely unanimous approval (with the exception of one minor act relating to hospital staff working requirements that was shot down by the Constitutional advisory board). Every single party gave unanimous approval for enacting these measures, including the Finns Party, which is the opposition party in parliament.
Not only was this a historic event in Finland because this was the first time in Finnish history that the Emergency Powers Act was used in peace time, but also because the entire parliament was rather unusually 100% unanimous about such an important governmental action.
All the speeches in parliament, including those by the Finns Party, were about working together and putting aside ideological differences in this time of unprecedented crisis. This is not the time for petty squabbles, as swift action needs to be taken to try to avoid the country completely collapsing.
Because, indeed, the prospects are quite grim. Economic analysts are already predicting that this pandemic may cause an economic crisis that might become even worse than the Great Depression. In Finland countless businesses are in the brink of bankruptcy, and hundreds of thousands of people are in danger of being laid off and losing their jobs (either temporarily or permanently). This is a time for action and working together, not a time for petty quarrels.
Yet, of course the leftist parties in Finland cannot stop hating the Finns party, no matter what.
You see, there's something peculiar and curious happening at the Finnish borders: Borders are completely closed (with the exception of Finnish citizens returning to the country from abroad) and nobody can move in or out... except for refugees. For a reason that so far nobody in government or anywhere has explained, Finland is still taking in refugees from outside the country, even though the borders are closed by governmental decree. Nobody else can enter the country... except refugees, it seems.
The Finns Party is the only one that has dared to point out this inexplicable disobedience, even insubordination, by the Finnish Border Guard. The borders are closed, period. From everybody (with the exception of returning Finnish citizens). So why is the Border Guard still allowing foreign refugees to enter and stay in the country?
The response by the leftist parties? Avoid the question, and instead attack the character of the Finns Party. How dare they take advantage of this crisis to further their own personal agenda? They don't give a flying f about the crisis and are only trying to promote their own politics! How dare they!
I'm not even making that up, or interpreting. That's pretty much exactly the response by eg. several Green Party members on social media. They are not explaining why refugees are an exception. Instead, they are just smearing the Finns Party for bringing it up.
The Finns Party has shown nothing but support and agreement with the government (which currently consists pretty much of nothing but left-wing party cabinet ministers). But how dare they question the government not obeying their own mandate to close the borders, when it comes to refugees!
Finland is facing an economic crisis of gigantic proportions, and the government has already planned an economic relief package for companies and employees who are in danger of losing their jobs. This relief package is currently planned to be over a billion euros, and is likely to grow many-fold from that.
The Finns Party is the only party that has questioned why the government is still throwing money away to foreign nations in the form of financial aid, getting absolutely nothing in return. The Finnish economy is going down the drain. We can not afford throwing almost a billion euros every year away. The Finns Party has suggested closing that drain, at least for now. Yet no other party considers that to be something feasible.
But it's the Finns party who apparently aren't working together to get the country out of the crisis, and instead driving their own agenda...
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