In essence the True Finns, real winners of Finland’s general election on Sunday, are perhaps best seen as a political expression of that economic mantra of the moment, “moral hazard”. A right-wing populist movement, the party has successfully tapped disquiet over the country’s stalling economy and the idea that the profligate EU, overfunded by Finns, is bailing out the undeserving and delinquent.
A reward, or so the argument goes, for Greek/Irish/Portuguese irresponsibility that will simply encourage more of the same. And anyway, it’s not our problem, party leader Timo Soini successfully argued.
Πηγή: The Irish Times