The Blue and White Front ( fi, Sinivalkoinen Rintama) (formerly Freedom Party – Finland's Future) ( fi, Vapauspuolue – Suomen tulevaisuus) is an
ultranationalist
Ultranationalism or extreme nationalism is an extreme form of nationalism in which a country asserts or maintains detrimental hegemony, supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its sp ...
political party in
Finland
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which was founded in 2009.
History
The VP was founded on 4 April 2009.
In September 2010, leader of the
Finnish People's Blue-Whites in the
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
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
sv, Samlingspartiet
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, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
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also defected to the VP, as well as former
True Finns
The Finns Party, formerly known as the True Finns ( fi, Perussuomalaiset, PS, sv, Sannfinländarna, Sannf.), is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
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city councillor Kalevi Satopää in
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Places Finland
*Salo, Finland, a town in Western Finland
** Salo sub-region, a subdivision of Finland Proper and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009
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The party changed its name in 2013.
The party contested its first election in the
2011 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%.
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Policies
The party calls for a ban on construction of mosque
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s and minarets, removal of beggars from the streets and reduction in foreign aid.[ It also opposes ]nuclear power
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and mandatory teaching of Swedish.
Election results
Parliamentary elections
References
External links
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