In the presidential election, attention has been focused on Jussi Halla-aho's opinions about Yle's funding and line. Opponents accuse Halla-aho of wanting to lead Finland to Hungary's path.
On Tuesday evening, Jussi Halla-aho and Olli Rehn clashed over freedom of speech and democracy at Ilta-Sanomie's presidential exam.
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Pthe attitude of the resident candidates towards Yleisradio's position and more broadly towards freedom of speech came into focus on 16.1. Ilta-Sanom in the presidential exam. Olli Rehn (center) considered Jussi Halla-aho's (ps) demands to cut Yleisradio's funding to go the “Hungarian way”: “Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are basic values of Western democracy, they are basic values of the Republic of Finland. When the candidate Halla-aho made a speech in which he was going to massively cut Yleisradio's funding by a quarter on political grounds, I consider it to be against these principles.”
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