Movement Now[2] (MN; Finnish: Liike Nyt [?li?ken nyt][a], Liik; Swedish: R?relse Nu, RN) is an economically liberal political party in Finland.[3]
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| Abbreviation | Liik RN |
| Chairperson | Harry Harkimo |
| Secretary | Petteri Redsven |
| Parliamentary group leader | Harry Harkimo |
| Deputy chair | Panu Peitsaro |
| Founders | Harry Harkimo Mikael Jungner Alex Nieminen Helene Auramo Karoliina K?h?nen Sarian Antila Tuomas Enbuske |
| Founded | 18 April 2018 |
| Split from | National Coalition Party |
| Headquarters | Simonkatu 2B, 00100 Helsinki |
| Youth wing | Liike Nyt Nuoret |
| Women's wing | Liikkeen Naiset |
| Membership (2018) | 8,000 |
| Ideology | Economic liberalism Soft Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | Five Star Direct Democracy (2019) |
| Colors | Fuchsia |
| Eduskunta | 1 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 15 |
| Municipalities | 19 / 8,586 |
| County seats | 4 / 1,379 |
| Website | |
| liikenyt.fi | |
It was founded by then-National Coalition Party (NCP) member of parliament Harry Hjallis Harkimo and six other people as a political movement. The movement was registered as a party on 14 November 2019.[4] It is positioned on the centre-right of the political spectrum.[5] Among young people this party is 10 times more popular (9,5%) than among the general population.[6]
History
editOn 19 April 2018, member of parliament Harry Harkimo announced that he would resign from his party, the National Coalition Party. On 21 April, he announced that he had founded a political movement of his own called Movement Now.[7] The movement had been founded by him and seven others and registered with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office one day before Harkimo's resignation from the NCP.[8] The seven founding members are Harkimo, former SDP party secretary Mikael Jungner, Alex Nieminen, Helene Auramo, Karoliina K?h?nen, Sarian Antila, and Tuomas Enbuske.[9]
Harkimo subsequently formed a one-man parliamentary group,[10] the Movement Now parliamentary group, in the Parliament of Finland.[11] On 21 January 2019, an MP of the Blue Reform and former Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Maria Lohela announced that she would leave the Blue Reform in order to join Liike Nyt's parliamentary group.[12] In addition to the Parliament, the movement has gained members in municipalities. The group Parempi Heinola in the city assembly of Heinola joined Liike Nyt. With its eight members out of a total of 43, the movement is the largest in Heinola.[13][14] A similar association with the Uusi J?ms? group of J?ms? was agreed upon in August 2018. Uusi J?ms? was the third largest group in the city council when joining the movement with its six members.[15]
In the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election, Harkimo was elected to the parliament as the sole representative from Movement Now.[16] 115 candidates stood for election, short of the movement's target of 150.[17] Besides Harkimo, candidates included another founder of the party Auramo, and the former's parliamentary assistant Mirita Saxberg.[18] Because the movement was not a registered party, each of its candidates had to gather signatures of at least 100 voters to form a constituency association.[17] The party used controversial microtargeting in its campaign advertising.[19]
In June 2019, Harkimo announced that the Movement Now would start collecting signed support cards in order to become a registered political party.[20] The Ministry of Justice announced on 14 November 2019 that Movement Now had been registered as a political party.[21]
Political stances
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Thirty core principles were agreed upon by members. Besides these, candidates are not aligned ideologically with the group and are allowed to take independent stances on local issues. Election themes include Baltic Sea clean up and social security for entrepreneurs.[22]
The party defends generally liberal policies. In economics, it supports reducing the corporate tax and what they see as unnecessary regulations on businesses, and in social policy, the party defends legalizing the sale of alcohol in grocery stores.
In international policy, although the party believes that the European Union has been beneficial for Finland in many respects, the Euro currency has not, and that the debt and migration crises, along with Brexit, has forced the EU to reconsider in which areas Brussels is needed and where it is not. The party opposes a European State.
It also supports achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, instead of the Marin government's target of 2035, believing the latter to be unrealistic. The party also supports nuclear power.
The party believes in expanding private health care as a way of reducing queues in public health facilities.
It also believes that Finland should adopt a national D visa entitling skilled migrants to work while at the same time keeping out migrants who would be a burden on society. The party also advocates reforming the asylum system and mandating that immigrants should be integrated so that they become part of Finnish society, and that employment plans should be drawn up for all immigrants over the age of 18. It also believes that all incoming immigrants should prove that they will be active members in Finnish society, and that those who provide false information or committed serious crimes such as terrorism should be deported.
The main six principles of the party are:[23]
- Everybody should be taken care of
- A free market is a good way to develop society, if its rules are fair
- Climate change is real and decisions must be taken in an environmentally sustainable manner
- Entrepreneurship is the most effective way to do things if given space
- Valuing the individual
- Pro-Europeanism
Election results
editParliament of Finland
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| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 69,427 | 2.25 | 1 / 200
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New | Opposition |
| 2023 | 74,962 | 2.42 | 1 / 200
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Opposition |
European Parliament
edit| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9,641 | 0.53 (#10) | 0 / 15
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New | – |
Municipal elections
edit| Election | Councillors | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | 38,943 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 19 | 10,481 | 0.4 |
Presidential elections
edit| Election | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2024 | Hjallis Harkimo | 17,013 | 0.5 (#9) | Lost | ||
Organization
editThe party's headquarters are on Abrahaminkatu in Helsinki.[24] The party has about 8,000 members,[25] and employs four people full-time.[24] The chairperson of the party is Harry Harkimo.[9]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ See Syntactic gemination.
References
edit- ^ "H?r ?r listan p? alla som ?r med i Harkimos nya r?relse". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 23 April 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Extra-parliamentary parties band together ahead of April elections". Yle News. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ Karkkola, Minna (7 May 2018). "Tutkija l?ysi paradoksin Hjallis Harkimon liikkeest?: 'Saadaanko tavoitteella tismalleen p?invastainen lopputulos?'". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Liike NYT merkittiin puoluerekisteriin". 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Finland - Parties". Europe Elects. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Merikukka, Salla (16 January 2024). "Nuorten vaaleissa annettiin enn?tykselliset 94 456 ??nt? – nuorten suosikki presidentiksi on Alexander Stubb". Allianssi (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "NCP defector Harkimo co-founds new political movement – 'Not a party'". Yle Uutiset. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Honkamaa, Antti; Nyk?nen, Riika (19 April 2018). "Harkimo on perustamassa uutta yhdistyst?: Liike Nyt ry:n tiedoista paljastuu kiinnostava nimi". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ a b R?s?nen, Jukka-Pekka (21 April 2018). "Nimet julki: he ovat Liike Nytin taustalla". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Ij?s, Johannes (27 April 2018). "Harkimo (liik) siirret??n perussuomalaisten ja keskustan v?liin takariviin". Demokraatti (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Members of Parliament". Parliament of Finland. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Kansanedustaja Maria Lohela loikkaa sinisist? Harkimon Liike Nytiin – sote-uudistus vaarassa kaatua". Yle. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Nieminen, Janne (14 June 2018). "Parempi Heinola -yhdistys mukaan Liike Nytiin – Harkimon mukaan kiinnostusta on muuallakin, kuten K?rk?l?ss?". Etel?-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Valtuusto" (in Finnish). City of Heinola. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Harkimo kaappasi jo toisen valtuustoryhm?n maakunnasta – Uusi J?ms? liittyy Liike Nytiin" (in Finnish). Yle. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Pienryhmist? ei eduskuntaan menn?, poikkeuksena vain Hjallis Harkimo". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Liike Nyt j?i tavoitteestaan – ei saanut kasaan 150 ehdokasta eduskuntavaaleihin". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Vartiainen, Niko; Nalbantoglu, Minna (7 January 2019). "Liike Nyt asetti ensimm?iset ehdokkaansa eduskuntavaaleihin". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Mansikka, Ossi (14 March 2019). "Trumpin valinnan ja brexitin ratkaisi osin somessa teht?v? mikrotargetointi – Suomessa kaksi puoluetta tekee samaa". Nyt (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Harkimon Liike Nyt aikoo rekister?ity? puolueeksi – "Jouduin n?yrtym??n"" (in Finnish). Yle. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Liike Nyt merkittiin puoluerekisteriin" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Movement Now announces parliamentary election bid". Yle Uutiset. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Liikkeen kuusi perusperiaatetta". Liike Nyt (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b Lohilahti, Oona (7 July 2018). "Liike Nyt on hankkinut toimiston ja ty?ntekij?it?, ensi viikolla julkaistaan toisen netti??nestyksen tulokset – siin? saattaa my?s ratketa Harry Harkimon sote-kanta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ V?limaa, Mikko (25 April 2018). "Harkimon ja Jungnerin Liike Nyt houkutellut liki 7 700 ihmist? – 'Haemme nyt aktiiveja Helsingin ulkopuolelle'". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
Further reading
edit- Harkimo, Hjallis (2018). Suoraan sanottuna (in Finnish). Helsinki: WSOY. ISBN 9789510436479.
External links
edit- Official website
(in Finnish)
