Sdp|According to the chairman of the Sdp, Orpo’s “twirling around the far-right has been a bit embarrassing to watch”.
The coalition a slide towards the far right weakens Finland’s position in Europe, said the chairman of the Sdp Antti Lindtman in his speech at the party council meeting on Sunday.
“The prime minister of Finland and the vice-chairman of the EPP Petteri Orpon (kok) squirming around the right wing has been a bit embarrassing to watch. First, his government composition started with a racism scandal that tarnished Finland’s reputation, and now Orpo is opening a new gate for the far-right to power at the European level,” said Lindtman.
He finds it unbelievable that the coalition’s group in the European Parliament, or EPP, is ready to cooperate with the right-wing group ECR, but not with all the parties in the group.
“For example, the Law and Justice party in Poland is said to be an absolute no to Orpo. It is about the largest party of the ECR, which during its reign in Poland radically weakened the freedom of the press and sadly violated the rule of law.”
Lindtman asked how the EPP is able to select some parties from within the ECR as partners, but is able to leave out the group’s most significant power users.
“Neither Orpo nor the Eurocommunity have been able to answer this in a meaningful way,” Lindtman criticized.
Sdp’s the chairman was also surprised by Orpo’s “praise” of the Italian prime minister From Giorgia Meloni. Orphan your picture Among other things, Melonia is cooperative and pro-European.
“[Melonin] the party Brothers of Italy is the heir of the fascists, which interferes with the freedom of the press, undermines the rights of women, and which seeks to change the country’s constitution in a questionable direction. In fact, the politics of Melon’s party are fundamentally similar to those of its Polish sister party,” Lindtman said.
He added that Meloni “rolled out the red carpet for the Hungarian Fidesz party and its leader To Viktor Orbán to join the ECR”.
“Then is the strongest supporter of Russia and the most diligent campaigner for Ukraine’s support in Europe welcome as a partner of EPP and Orpo? Thanks to the coalition, Finland is drifting into very strange and questionable company in Europe,” Lindtman claimed.
According to him, the SDP and the Social Democrats are “the only real counterforce to the far right” in Europe.
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