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Left Alliance (Finland)
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| Abbreviation | Finnish: Vas Swedish: VF |
| Chairperson | Minja Koskela |
| Secretary | Anna Mäkipää[1] |
| General Secretary | Laura Koskinen |
| Parliamentary group leader | Aino-Kaisa Pekonen |
| First deputy chair | Veronika Honkasalo |
| Chair of the party council | Miikka Kortelainen |
| Founder | Claes Andersson |
| Founded | 29 April 1990 |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | Lintulahdenkatu 10, 00500 Helsinki |
| Newspaper | Kansan Uutiset |
| Think tank | Vasemmistofoorumi |
| Student wing | Vasemmisto-opiskelijat |
| Youth wing | Left Youth |
| Women's wing | Vasemmistonaiset[2] |
| Children's wing | Pinskut |
| Membership (2020) |  11,500[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[7] |
| European affiliation | European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet Now the People ![8] |
| European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
| Colours | Pink |
| Eduskunta | 11 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 15 |
| Municipalities | 508 / 8,859 |
| County seats | 100 / 1,379 |
| Website | |
| vasemmisto | |
The Left Alliance (Finnish: Vasemmistoliitto [ˈʋɑsemːistoliːtːo], Vas; Swedish: Vänsterförbundet, VF) is a left-wing[11] democratic socialist political party in Finland.[12]
The Left Alliance was founded in 1990 as the chief successor of the left-wing Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). Although not as electorally successful as the SKDL, it has achieved some success, typically receiving around eight to ten percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. It has participated in five cabinets, most recently in the Marin Cabinet from 2019 to 2023. It is socialist,[13][14] specifically democratically socialist,[15] and it supports the principles of eco-socialism.[16][17]
The Left Alliance is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance. The party's newspaper is the monthly Kansan Uutiset. It had two ministerial positions in the Marin cabinet, Li Andersson as Minister of Education[18] and Hanna Sarkkinen as Minister of Social Affairs and Health.[19] It is also a part of the European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet, a pan-European party that supports an alternative to capitalism.[20]
- ^ "Anna Mäkipää vasemmistoliiton puoluesihteeriksi". Vasemmisto.fi. Left Alliance. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "The Left Women in Finland". Vasemmistonaiset.fi. The Left Women in Finland. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Puhakka, Sami (3 May 2020). "Vasemmistoliiton vahvuus on erilaisten ihmisten yhteistyössä". Kansan Uutiset. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Finland". Europe Elects. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Finland: Economic and Political Overview". Lloyds Bank. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "Finland's Left Alliance ditches negative stance on Nato". Helsinki Times. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
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- ^ "Now the People".
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- ^
- Claire Annesley (11 January 2013). Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe. Routledge. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-1-135-35547-0.
- Raunio, Tapio (2010). "The EU and the Welfare State are Compatible: Finnish Social Democrats and European Integration". Government and Opposition. 45 (2): 187–207. doi:10.1111/j.1477-7053.2009.01310.x. ISSN 0017-257X. S2CID 154015109.
- Iso-Markku, Tuomas (May 2014). Linking domestic and European politics: Finnish MEPs and the votes that shaped the 7th European Parliament (PDF). The Finnish Institute of International Affairs. ISBN 978-951-769-414-8.
- Raunio, Tapio (January 2016). "The Finnish Eduskunta and the European Union: The Strengths and Weaknesses of a Mandating System". doi:10.1007/978-1-137-28913-1_20 (inactive 1 November 2024).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - "6-party government in Finland after lengthy talks". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Matthews-Ferrero, Daniel; Päri, Jasmin; Steenland, Robert (2019-05-10). "EU country briefing: Finland". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Why Basic Income Failed in Finland". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Populism Report" (PDF). Foundation for European Progressive Studies. September 2017.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Finland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Left Alliance Party Program 2007" (PDF). Vasemmisto. 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Minister of Education". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Minister of Social Affairs and Health". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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