Veronika Honkasalo (born 7 July 1975 in

Lappeenranta Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and ...

) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the

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for the Left Alliance at the

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constituency.

Academic career

She earned a doctorate in social sciences in 2012 and was appointed an associate professor in 2018. She is a researcher at the Youth Research Society and has published several papers on youth related research.

Political career

She entered the city council of

in 2012 and was elected to the Finnish parliament in 2019.

Political positions

She is opposed to Palestinians being forcibly expelled from their land to make way for Israeli settlements and introduced a motion proposing an import ban on products produced by the inhabitants of such settlements in accordance with Article 49 of the

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