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New government aims to reshape Finnish economy with carrots and sticks (yle.fi)
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Adding a language requirement to permanent residency and extending the citizenship residence requirement to eight years seems like a great way to ensure highly paid and highly educated professionals from abroad find somewhere else to live.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is a good way to put it. Basic finns are the party that panders heavily to those who hate immigrants and minorities. Their politics do go beyond that however. For example bringing down the price of gas.