Blue and White Front Sinivalkoinen Rintama | |
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Founded | 4 April 2009 |
Dissolved | 2015 |
Ideology |
Ultranationalism National conservatism Right-wing populism [1] |
Political position | Far-right |
European affiliation | Alliance of European National Movements |
Colours | Blue and white |
Website | |
www.vapauspuolue.fi | |
The Blue and White Front ( Finnish: Sinivalkoinen Rintama) (formerly Freedom Party – Finland's Future) ( Finnish: Vapauspuolue – Suomen tulevaisuus) was an ultranationalist political party in Finland which was founded in 2009 and dissolved in 2015. [2]
It was dissolved in 2015 after it had no elected MPs in two consecutive parliamentary elections. [2]
The VP was founded on 4 April 2009. [3] In September 2010, leader of the Finnish People's Blue-Whites in the Turku county council, Olavi Mäenpää, joined the VP, and became the party's first city councillor. [4] In November, Turku city councillor Maarit Rostedt of the National Coalition Party also defected to the VP, [5] as well as former True Finns city councillor Kalevi Satopää in Salo. [6] The party changed its name to the Finns Party in 2013.
The party contested its first election in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election. [3]
The party called for a ban on the construction of mosques and minarets, removal of beggars from the streets and the reduction of foreign aid. [1] It also opposed nuclear power and the mandatory teaching of Swedish. [1]
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
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2011 | 4,285 | 0.1 | 0 / 200
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0 | 12 |
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