The True Finns have very effectively destroyed any pretenses of them being a "workers" party by adopting an austerity agenda of breaking the unions and the vestiges of the welfare state still left. Sometimes it might be effective to let the fools govern.
@spatialpolitiq.bsky.socialA good reflection on the recent local and regional elections in Finland by @mikerwatson.bsky.social with a brief comment from me as well. jacobin.com/2025/04/finn...
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Can the “Red Wave” Stop Austerity in Finland?
Last Sunday’s local and regional elections in Finland saw a big defeat for the hard-right Finns Party. Its leader called the gains for left-wing parties a “red wave” — but it’s less clear that this wi...