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Finns Party Youth (Finnish : Perussuomalaiset Nuoret, Swedish: Finsk Ungdom) is the former youth wing of the Finns Party, a political party in Finland. The youth wing was officially founded in 2006. However, Finns Party decided to cut ties with Finns Party Youth due to the perceived ethno nationalist support in the youth wing in 2020. The youth wing went bankrupt in May 2020, due to the cut support. [1] The temporary chair of the new youth wing  [ fi ] is Jenna Simula, a current MP. [2]

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The current chairperson is Asseri Kinnunen, and the secretary general is Toni Saarinen. [3]

Since 2013 the youth wing has published a magazine titled Rahvas. [4]

In the run-up to the 2019 European elections, the youth wing posted a tweet with an image of a dark-skinned couple holding a baby, with text urging people to vote for the Finns Party "if you don’t want Finland’s future to look like this" [5] [6] [7]

In 2020, the Finns Party ousted the youth wing's second vice chair, Toni Jalonen, due to statements he made at a conference in Tallinn, Estonia in which he declared himself an ethnic nationalist, a traditionalist and a fascist. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Perussuomalaiset nuoret hakeutui konkurssiin – Puheenjohtaja: "Yhdistys pitää kokouksen, jossa se lakkauttaa itsensä"". Yle Uutiset. 19 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Staff, News Now (2020-03-05). "Finns Party launches new youth group after 'fascist' rebellion | News Now Finland" . Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Asseri Kinnunen on Perussuomalaisten Nuorten uusi puheenjohtaja". Suomen Uutiset (in Finnish). November 18, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ "PS-nuorille uusi lehti". Suomen Uutiset (in Finnish). December 17, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Three facing prosecution over racist Finns Party youth tweet". 23 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Finns Party youth wing deletes racist tweet: "It was thoughtless"". Yle . 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Teivainen, Aleksi (23 June 2020). "Three face charges over racist campaign tweet by Finns Party Youth". Helsinki Times . Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Finns Party to sack youth wing's vice chair for declaring himself a fascist". Yle . 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.


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