Centre Party (Finland)
The Centre Party (Finnish: Suomen Keskusta [ˈsuo̯men ˈkeskustɑ], Kesk; Swedish: Centern i Finland), officially the Centre Party of Finland, is an agrarian political party in Finland.[1] It was founded in 1906. The party's ideology can be seen as centre on the political spectrum.[2][3] It has been also seen as liberal,[4] social liberal,[5] liberal-conservative,[6][7] and conservative-liberal.[8] Its leader is Annika Saarikko since 2020.[9]
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- ↑ Andrews Nordlund (2007). "Nordic social politics in the late twentieth century: An analysis of the political reform agenda". In Nanna Kildal; Stein Kuhnle (eds.). Normative Foundations of the Welfare State: The Nordic Experience. Routledge. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-134-27283-9.
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- Gary Marks; Carole Wilson (1999). "National Parties and the Contestation of Europe". In T. Banchoff; Mitchell P. Smith (eds.). Legitimacy and the European Union. Taylor & Francis. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-415-18188-4. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- Lawrence Ezrow (2011). "Electoral systems and party responsiveness". In Norman Schofield; Gonzalo Caballero (eds.). Political Economy of Institutions, Democracy and Voting. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 319. ISBN 978-3-642-19519-8.
- Jacobsen, Henriette (2014-05-25). "Conservatives and liberals neck-and-neck in Finnish national election". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- "Finnish coalition at risk after party elects far right leader". The Guardian. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- "Finland's NCP in last-ditch attempt to retain power". POLITICO. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "Finland's largest political parties". Information campaign of the European Parliament. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ↑ "Finland—Political parties". Norwegian Centre for Research Data. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ↑ "Finnish PM improves his prospects with deft handling of a hot potato". The Guardian. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ Caroline Close (2019). "The liberal party family ideology: Distinct, but diverse". In Close, Caroline; van Haute, Emilie (eds.). Liberal Parties in Europe. Routledge. pp. 338–339. ISBN 9781351245487.
- ↑ "Keskustan puheenjohtajaksi on valittu Annika Saarikko – "Sanon tämän niin painokkaasti kuin osaan: me tarvitsemme sinua Katri jatkossakin"". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
