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Miko Bergbom wrote that the changes in the polls had, in his opinion, stirred feelings among some members of the National Coalition Party, who expressed their dissatisfaction towards the Finns Party. He doubted that this would be helpful and suggested focusing on the formation of a right-wing government. Bergbom supported the continuation of spending cuts and preventing tax increases aimed at work and entrepreneurship amounting to billions of euros. His proposals included tightening immigration restrictions and continuing spending cuts, taxing foundations and trade unions, as well as reforming taxation related to work and entrepreneurship. He criticized the vice-chair of the National Coalition Party group, Pia Kauma, for focusing on being outraged by comments on social media. Bergbom suggested that this might serve as a smokescreen for building a Social Democrat-National Coalition government. Finally, he asked Martin Paasi whether he supported the continuation of the right-wing basis. #politiikka #maahanmuutto #verotus (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Sanna Ukkola's writing about the Prime Minister's meeting with Imam Sharmarke Said Aw-Mussen. According to Mäkäräinen, Ukkola regarded the meeting as ordinary work and believed that the imam, who was born in Turku, was being asked impossible questions regarding Sharia. Mäkäräinen argued that asking the imam was not a misunderstanding: in his view, the imam left open whether Sharia would be applied in Finland in family or criminal law matters. Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, freedom of religion did not justify the establishment of a parallel legal system alongside Finnish laws. He claimed that in Muslim-majority countries, freedom of religion, women's equality, and individual rights were not realized in liberal democracies due to Islamic doctrine and Sharia. He cited Lebanon as an example, where he believed the growth of the Muslim population and political organization undermined previous balance and led to civil war. In France, Sweden, Belgium, and Britain, he mentioned the visibility of parallel societies, honor-based violence, segregation of areas and schools, and pressure to accept practices related to Sharia. In Finland in the 2000s, Mäkäräinen claimed that groups with a Muslim background who had immigrated were connected to the overrepresentation of sexual offenses, unemployment, use of social security, and demands for their own rules. He believed that distinguishing criticism of Islam from calls for deportation did not make questions about Sharia suspect. According to Mäkäräinen, the primacy of the Finnish Constitution and criminal law should be clear in all matters, and Finland did not need to repeat the experiences of countries where the application of Sharia had been tried. https://t.co/bGpZ7VaTux #uskonnonvapaus #integratio #muslimit (translated)

Sammallahti wrote that in his view, the claim about the pampering of high-income earners in Finland was contradictory to the fact that the marginal tax rate exceeded 50 percent and that Finland's tax rate was among the highest in the world. He criticized the left for inciting discord with socialist class rhetoric and described the actions of the Social Democrats as ahistorical and foolish. https://t.co/otewTq3cL7 #Suomi #verot #politiikka (translated)

Hannu Järvinen wrote that there was a weakness in Lindtman's plans, as according to him, the SDP did not decide alone who would join the government with it. Järvinen also assessed that the socialists, in his opinion, would not decide on much in the next election period either, and he said he considered that a good thing. https://t.co/fCSru37ONd #politiikka #Suomi #hallitus (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)

Mats Uotila wrote that the EU had a new social climate fund that, according to him, motorists would practically finance while refueling. He mentioned that the fund would pay for, for example, energy renovations for Greeks and said he nearly used an ugly word to describe the situation. https://t.co/BgKQyJ6HMV #ilmasto #EU #sosiaalisuus (translated)

The parliamentary group believed that social security should be based on citizenship. The group justified its position by stating that Finland should not be responsible for the social security of the entire world. https://t.co/GRgauMCmco #sosiaaliturva #kansalaisuus #Suomi (translated)

Professor Paulus Torkki emphasizes in an interview with MTV that a more precise definition of social and healthcare services would be in the interest of all citizens, as the current hidden prioritization may lead to inequality in accessing care. #sote #terveydenhuolto #politiikka (translated)

Sture Fjäder praised Ulla and wrote that the National Coalition members did not listen to Kirsi Pih, who, according to him, had been working on Pekka Haavisto's presidential campaign, even though Alexander Stubb was available. Fjäder said there was a clear center-right majority in Parliament and assessed that after the elections, a center-right, non-socialist government would be formed. #vaalit #vaalit #politiikka #suomi (translated)

Otto Juote criticized the National Coalition Party for allegedly abandoning its values and becoming an assistant to the right-wing government. He wrote that disappointed voters were shifting to support the Left Alliance and the Social Democratic Party and questioned where the previously promised projects, such as Garden Helsinki, senior spa vouchers, and the sale of natural monopolies to international investors, had gone. Juote ironically described the National Coalition Party as a leftist social-liberal party, which in his view had previously supported, among other things, state-owned projects, service vouchers, increased immigration from developing countries, climate actions, and support packages. He claimed that the party had also held onto acquired benefits while it spoke of cuts and reducing debt. Additionally, Juote asked why discussions about entrepreneurship, economic growth, and warnings about right-wing policies seemed to have disappeared from the party. He wrote that Orpo's National Coalition Party no longer reflected the pragmatic interest group and system party that he had previously supported. Juote estimated that he would likely vote for a red tie-wearing socialist in the upcoming elections instead of a blue tie-wearing one for the first time. #Kokoomus #Vasemmistoliitto #Politiikka (translated)

OsakeKeisari wrote that Jari Sarasvuo assessed that Finland needed more successful companies and entrepreneurs. According to Sarasvuo, there would be no need for discussion about the funding of social security if there were enough resources for it. He believed that 10 billion euros could be cut from the public finances, among other things, from administration. https://t.co/XLNdb83OTV #eläke #yrittäjyys #sosiaaliturva (translated)

Arto Koskelo estimated that the Finns Party might produce as great a disappointment as the National Coalition Party as the leading party. He wrote that the last moments to save Finland from chaos and socialism were at hand, and asked what alternatives were left for the voters. #Politiikka #Suomi #Vaalit (translated)

Jari Sarasvuo asked whether citizens should get their affairs in order before someone arrives as a savior with an axe. He warned that the ride would be cold if the Kela reimbursements for medications disappeared at the same time as pensions were cut. #Sosiaalipolitiikka #Terveys #Eläke (translated)