Finnish Nationalists Surge in Poll Amid Fraught Coalition Talks
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The nationalist Finns Party is now Finland’s most popular political movement, according to the first poll published since last month’s parliamentary election, which saw the opposition Social Democrats emerge on top.
The Finns, which finished second in the April 14 vote, are now on 18.7 percent, compared with 16.9 percent for the Social Democrats, according to a poll published on Monday by newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The Social Democrats have also been overtaken by the free-market National Coalition of outgoing Finance Minister Petteri Orpo, which in the poll came second with 17.1 percent. The Center Party of caretaker Prime Minister Juha Sipila was on 12.7 percent.