Kansalaisliitto

Kansalaisliitto
Kansalaisliitto (Finnish)
Medborgarförbundet (Swedish)
AbbreviationKaL
ChairmanArto Paajanen
SecretaryPäivi Järnfors
First deputy chairJuho Tanila[1]
Second deputy chairTerho Anttolainen[1]
Third deputy chairSatu Immola[1]
Founded1994 (1994)
HeadquartersLaitila
Youth wingIndependence Youth
IdeologyDirect democracy
Economic democracy
Anti-racism[2]
European affiliationTEAM
Website
www.kansalaisliitto.fi Edit this at Wikidata
Independence Party campaigning in the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election

Kansalaisliitto (abbr. KaL; formerly Independence Party (Finnish: Itsenäisyyspuolue, IPU;[3] Swedish: Självständighetspartiet[4]) is a de-registered Eurosceptic political party in Finland.[5] It was founded in 1994 as Alliance for Free Finland. The party supports Finland’s membership in the European Economic Area, however it is against its membership in the European Union and the Eurozone. The party opposes Finland’s membership in NATO.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Yhteystiedot" (in Finnish). Independence Party. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference jälleen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mickelsson2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Itsenäisyyspuolue r.p., Självständighetspartiet r.p." (in Finnish). Suomen Asiakastieto. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ Rautanen, Päivi (15 August 2016). "Antti Pesonen johtaa jälleen Itsenäisyyspuoluetta". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  6. ^ Tikkala, Hannu; Tolkki, Kristiina (3 April 2019). "'Hävittäjähankinnat peruttava, 1 200 euron perustulo kaikille, opintolainat nollattava' – tätä kaikkea pienpuolueet lupaavat äänestäjille". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 May 2019.