Freedom Alliance (Finland)

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Political party in Finland

Freedom Alliance

Vapauden liitto

Abbreviation| VL
Chairperson| Ossi Tiihonen
Secretary| Lasse Paananen
Vice-Chairpeople| Heli Rämäkkö
Niko A. Kauko
Pekka Timonen
Split from| VKK
Headquarters| Antinkatu 3D, 00100 Helsinki
Ideology| National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Paasikivi-Kekkonen doctrine
Political position| Right-wing to far-right
Colours|  Yellow
Eduskunta|

0 / 200

Municipalities|

17 / 8,859

County seats|

6 / 1,379

Website
vapaudenliitto.fi

* Politics of Finland
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The Freedom Alliance, abbr. VL (Finnish: Vapauden Liitto), is a Finnish registered party. The party received the required 5,000 signatures on 19 April 2022[1] and was registered on 6 May 2022.[2]

## Background[edit]

The Freedom Alliance has its origins within the Power Belongs to the People (VKK) party, led by Ano Turtiainen. Ossi Tiihonen, the chairman of the Freedom Alliance, was one of the prominent members of the VKK, and Cia Grönberg, the party secretary, was the director of VKK's membership in the 2022 regional elections.

The break-off from VKK was in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as the position of the VKK was relatively pro-Russian and pro-Putin.[3][4] According to Turtiainen, the reason was not related to appeasing Russia, but to the characteristics of the people who left the party: they were self-interested, the structure of the VKK was designed to prevent it, and the party conflict in the VKK disappeared with them.[5]

## Elections[edit]

The party ran in the 2023 parliamentary election but won no seats.[6] The party ran in the 2024 Finnish presidential election with Saara Huhtasaari as their candidate,[7] and in an electoral alliance with the Crystal and the Finnish People First parties,[8] but was unable to gather enough support for registration. The party is to run for the 2024 European Parliament election.[9]

## Ideology[edit]

### Foreign Policy[edit]

The Freedom Alliance can be described as Hard Eurosceptic, the party advocates for Finland to leave the European Union and condemns the EU as being anti-democratic, globalist and elitist.[10] The Freedom Alliance is also against NATO and the United States, proclaiming that cooperation with the United States has made Finland a satellite state.[11][12] The party can be described as against transatlanticism, instead wishing for the return to the Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine.[13] Despite the opposition to the European Union, the Freedom Alliance wishes to promote European and international cooperation.[14]

The party promotes conspiratorial ideas, denying the existence of climate change, claiming that the European Union is "force-feeding harmful green ideology, which the Finnish MEPs cast their green plagues on the Finnish people."[15] The Freedom Alliance is against what they describe to be the "neoliberal New World Order", in which the "EU-virus" is promoting mass immigration, gender diversity, and "men who give birth."[16][17]

The Freedom Alliance can be described as having some Russophile interests, as the Freedom Alliance believes that the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is justified due to the Donbass having been under Russian control for a majority of its recorded history,[18] and that Ukraine is a dictatorship and oppressing Russians in Ukraine.[19] The Freedom Alliance is against sanctions on the Russian Federation for their territorial conquests, stating it to be hypocritical, illogical and emotional.[20]

### Political programs[edit]

The Freedom Alliance can be described as an individualist and localist party.[21] The party is in favour of what it describes as "bringing back" freedom of speech, and the party promotes classical liberal ideas in relation to society, stating the need for various freedoms,[note 1] the party also believes in the right to privacy, opposing the proposed European Digital Identity.[14] In relation to healthcare, the party wishes to promote freedom to choose healthcare provider, either private or public, the party also wishes to give unemployed jobseekers the right to a free health check-up, and to invest into healthcare services for the elderly and caregivers.[14]

The party opposes affirmative action, non-work-based immigration, and wishes to "rationalize" violation of religious peace [fi] laws, and remove incitement to ethnic or racial hatred from the criminal code. [14]

The Freedom Alliance in relation to the Finnish economy, wishes to reinstate the markka as the sole currency to promote national economic growth,[4] promote self-suffiency in order to keep the welfare state, as according to the party it is incompatible with the European Union. The Freedom Alliance also supports independent free trade, separate from the European Union.[14]

## Election results[edit]

### Parliamentary elections[edit]

Election  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/-  | Government

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2023 | 27,526  | 0.89%  |

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### Presidential elections[edit]

Election year  | Candidate  | First round  | Second Round  | Result

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Votes  | %  | Rank  | Votes  | %  | Rank
2024 | Saara Huhtasaari | —  | —  | Lost

## References[edit]

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ The various freedoms it describes are; freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of opinion, freedom of ownership, freedom of enterprise, freedom of religion, freedom of political association, freedom to choose healthcare provider, freedom to decide independently about our bodies.

### References[edit]

1. ^ "Vapauden liitto -puoluehanke sai puoluerekisteriin tarvittavat kannatusilmoitukset". Yle Uutiset. April 19, 2022.
2. ^ "Puoluerekisteri.fi". puoluerekisteri.fi.
3. ^ Nikula, Jouni (April 15, 2022). "Puoluejohtaja Ano Turtiaisen Venäjä-myötäily on aiheuttanut hermoilua VKK:ssa – Keskipohjalaiset VKK-vaikuttajat kiistävät rivien rakoilun: "Meihin on liittynyt perussuomalaisten valtuutettuja viime viikkoina", sanoo veteliläinen Jarno Vähäkainu". KPK.
4. ^ a b "Smaller parties fail to make parliamentary breakthrough". News. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
5. ^ "VKK:n rivit rakoilevat: Ano Turtiaisen Venäjä-puheet, autoritaarinen johtajuus ja uskonnolliset kannanotot ajavat pois puolueesta". Yle Uutiset. April 11, 2022.
6. ^ "19 kansanedustajaehdokasta nimetty".
7. ^ "Presidentinvaalit". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-09-22.
8. ^ "Valtakunnallinen vaaliliitto syntyi". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
9. ^ "Europarlamenttivaalit 2024". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-04-30.
10. ^ "Pelasta Suomi globalistien kynsistä". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
11. ^ "NATOKUUME SAI SUOMI-NEIDON JÄRJILTÄÄN". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
12. ^ "DCA-sopimuksella Suomi-neidosta tehtiin USA:n marionetti". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
13. ^ "Vapauden liitto ajaa perinteistä puolueettomuuspolitiikkaa". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
14. ^ a b c d e "Puolueohjelma | Vapauden liitto". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-09-22.
15. ^ "Irti vihreästä vääristymästä". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
16. ^ "SUOMI ON VAARASSA KUOLLA EUROOPAN MUKANA". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2024-04-30. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
17. ^ "Matti Simola 108". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
18. ^ "Historian kalleimmat kakut jaettiin Ukrainassa". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
19. ^ "OSSI TIIHOSEN NÄKEMYKSIÄ NATOSTA JA UKRAINASTA". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
20. ^ "Ajatuksiani pakotepolitiikasta". Vapauden liitto r.p. (in Finnish). 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
21. ^ Toimitus (2024-03-11). "Vapauden liitto määritteli itsensä lokalistipuolueeksi - Ossi Tiihonen jatkaa puheenjohtajana". Vastaan Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-04-30.

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* Örnulf Tigerstedt
* Jukka Tyrkkö
* Ensio Uoti
* Mauno Vannas
* Kurt Martti Wallenius
* Artturi Vuorimaa

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* James Hirvisaari
* Esa Henrik Holappa [fi]
* Juha Kärkkäinen [fi]
* Jouni Lanamäki [fi]
* Seppo Lehto
* Junes Lokka [fi]
* Olavi Mäenpää
* Pekka Siitoin
* Ano Turtiainen

Pre-1945 events|

* Assassination of Heikki Ritavuori
* Murder of Onni Happonen
* Murder of Erik Mättö [fi]
* Murder of Yrjö Holm [fi]
* Mäntsälä rebellion
* Peasant March
* Ståhlberg kidnapping
* Vaasa riot

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*   * Kursiivi printing house arson
* 1986 Oulu airplane hijacking attempt [fi]
* Jyväskylä library stabbing
* Helsinki Central Railway Station assault [fi]
* Assassination attempt of Pekka Kataja [fi]
* Kankaanpää terrorism arrests

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