Finland | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Sat, 07 Apr 2018 22:20:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Finland | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Brexit May Force a Rethink for Finland’s Eurosceptics https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/brexit-may-force-a-rethink-for-finlands-eurosceptics/ Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:00:25 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3682 Tapio Raunio Following the UK’s EU referendum, there is a lack of appetite in Finland to hold a similar vote on EU membership or the euro, writes Tapio Raunio. He notes that the main proponent of EU referendums, the Finns Party, is currently limited by its role in the coalition government, and that the economic …

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]]> Finland’s Recent Citizens’ Initiative Will Not Threaten Its Euro Membership https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/finlands-recent-citizens-initiative-will-not-threaten-its-euro-membership/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:00:39 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3068 Tapio Raunio The current citizens’ initiative in Finland on the euro has its roots in public opposition to the single currency, but has no serious prospect of forcing a change, writes Tapio Raunio. He argues that the initiative symbolises the politicisation of the EU in Finland since the start of the Eurocrisis and that, while …

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