tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post7297548657443565487..comments2024-01-26T23:15:06.335+02:00Comments on Northern Light – chilled thoughts from the top of Europe: Dispatches from the northern front. The Finnish general election of 2011Toby - Northern Light Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342195033125549912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post-88536121189029767422011-04-20T08:02:52.608+03:002011-04-20T08:02:52.608+03:00@Tom:
It does not matter if or if not they includ...@Tom:<br /><br />It does not matter if or if not they include people living here that have a Finnish passport and look foreign. As they don't specify the difference, it's a quite unpleasant situation nonetheless. It makes staying in the country for a long time more unlikely. I'm myself from central Europe and don't really appreciate general 'foreigner bashing' because of that. <br /><br />'Foreigners don't learn the language and don't integrate' - well some of them maybe, but you'll have them everywhere. I happen to know it. <br /><br />'Foreigners ...'<br /><br />Now the thing with highly skilled foreigners is, that they can afford to change the country if the political situation changes in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable. Those that stay are the humanitarian immigrants. <br /><br />Just my 2c.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post-36828572617643246082011-04-20T02:02:41.275+03:002011-04-20T02:02:41.275+03:00Congratulations to the True Finns!
Anonymous: Th...Congratulations to the True Finns!<br /><br />Anonymous: The True Finns are opposed to further "humanitarian" immigration, not current immigrants or further skilled worker immigration. As Timo Soini said, the True Finns are not extremists. If your kids have Finnish passports, then they're Finnish citizens. If you're married to a Finnish citizen and have Finnish citizen children, you can apply for citizenship. I did so from the U.S. on the basis of my mother being a Finnish citizen (American father). The process was simple and inexpensive.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post-10301944900864608402011-04-19T12:21:56.838+03:002011-04-19T12:21:56.838+03:00Thank you for a analysis of the situation. I'v...Thank you for a analysis of the situation. I've been following your blog for a while - because of the outdoor stuff - but this week I was hoping you'd write something about the election.<br />Interesting times ahead indeed, especially for those of us who are swedish speaking finns. Do you have any comment on that part?<br /><br />Have a good day.<br />DanielDJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739804315885333985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post-37357995757285609612011-04-19T10:05:15.712+03:002011-04-19T10:05:15.712+03:00It would be interesting to know their definition o...It would be interesting to know their definition of "foreigner". Does that include 2nd generation Somali/Turkish/Russian/whatever children born and raised in Finland...especially if their skin isn't white but they were born and raised in Finland.<br />Secondly, my wife is Finnish and our kids have Finnish passports but we live in mainland Europe....will our kids be treated as "foreigners"?<br />As always with these extreme groups, they probably didn't think through all the angles of their statements.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post-83356480005016107942011-04-19T08:01:08.266+03:002011-04-19T08:01:08.266+03:00That was a good analysis of the situation. It will...That was a good analysis of the situation. It will be interesting to see if the two camps in the True Finns party, Soini vs Halla-aho, can stick together. Though the xenophobic side did play a role in the election, the main thing was still a general dissatisfaction with how the society has developed during the last decade.Yetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021085744187280571noreply@blogger.com