RKP’s Henriksson leaves the federal government – Disagree with the federal government’s immigration coverage – 2024-05-31 05:27:03

RKP chairman Anna-Maja Henriksson is in his final weeks as Minister of Training, it doesn’t matter what occurs within the upcoming EU elections.

If Henriksson will not be elected as an MEP, he’ll nonetheless not proceed as a minister. Per week after the EU elections, a brand new chairman shall be elected for RKP, who definitely needs to be a minister as properly. In keeping with established follow in events, the brand new and previous chairman don’t sit on the identical board.

Among the RKP’s supporters have been upset with the truth that the RKP led by Henriksson went into the identical authorities as the fundamental Finns. Within the European election program, RKP has the precise reverse place on immigration points than the federal government.

If the RKP will get a candidate for the EU Parliament, will the RKP pursue completely different insurance policies in Brussels than within the Finnish authorities?

– Identical to the parliamentary elections, every occasion goes to the EU elections with its personal occasion’s points first. This isn’t a query of us doing a marketing campaign for the federal government. When the federal government program was made, it was recognized precisely the place every occasion has its personal ache factors. The EU election program is the occasion’s program, different events don’t have anything to do with it, Henriksson replies.

The EU wants manpower

RKP’s European election program states that the EU wants new functioning channels for work-related immigration. If it had been as much as RKP alone, the three-month time restrict for work-related immigration would even be faraway from the federal government program. Now, those that have obtained a piece visa should depart the nation if they don’t get a job inside three months.

– I am definitely glad that we now acquired a change to the truth that the restrict is six months for particular specialists. It is one thing we labored exhausting for, says Henriksson.

He reminds that in Finland, as in lots of different European international locations, the inhabitants is growing old. On the identical time, a file low variety of youngsters are born in Finland.

– Europe, each in Finland, Germany, France and Sweden, wants labor. The place do we discover these individuals if the picture of us is that we do not need anybody to come back right here? Finland ought to be a rustic the place individuals actually need to transfer to, come to work and dwell a superb life right here.

Henriksson takes India for instance, which has greater than 1.4 billion inhabitants. In keeping with him, Finland, with a inhabitants of 5.6 million, now must look extra extensively, the place to get labor right here.

Assist with local weather motion

In keeping with Henriksson, you must perceive the large image. The extra that may be carried out to fight local weather change, the larger affect it would even have on the migration circulate from African international locations to Europe.

– Our purpose is to assist them on the spot, to forestall local weather change and to seek out authorized routes and humane options to immigration.

RKP presents a humanitarian visa to the EU as one strategy to fight human smuggling and critical crime associated to immigration.

– It could be the creation of a authorized route with out individuals floating in rubber boats on the threat of shedding their very own lives and paying large quantities to smugglers.

Henriksson says that in 2018 the EU Parliament took a constructive stance on the humanitarian visa.

– At the moment, there was a mannequin on the desk that an individual who feels that his security is threatened, may apply for a humanitarian visa from the embassy of the nation he want to go to. The embassy would undergo whether or not there’s a purpose to situation a visa. It would not be an asylum choice but.

Asylum processing within the EU space

RKP will not be in favor of transferring asylum processing outdoors the EU.

– Final summer time, throughout the federal government negotiations, this matter got here up within the giant committee of the parliament. Our authorities companions and the middle had been of the opinion that this might be checked out. Because the majority of the massive committee was in favor of discovering out the matter, it grew to become the desire of the parliament. RKP voted in opposition to the movement and that’s nonetheless our place.

Final winter, the federal government outlined in its EU objectives that Finland promotes EU-level actions that develop alternatives to implement the asylum course of and supply worldwide safety in secure third international locations.

For Henriksson, it’s good that an immigration package deal was accomplished within the EU, during which duty was shared between all international locations.

RKP helps the suitable of the undocumented to important social and healthcare companies, which can also be in opposition to the federal government’s line.

– That is about humanity. How would you wish to be handled in the event you had been in the identical state of affairs? Humanity is typically disappearing from political considering and that’s one thing that worries.

within the EU within the liberal group

RKP and the middle belong to the Renew Europe group within the European Parliament. It’s a liberal centrist group that has acknowledged that it’s going to not cooperate with the ECR and ID teams, which it considers far-right.

In keeping with Henriksson, that is additionally RKP’s place as a member of the Renew Europe group.

Primary Finns belong to the ECR group.

– There are very completely different events within the ECR group, such because the Polish Regulation and Justice occasion. For a few years, I’ve sat on the identical desk because the Minister of Justice of the Regulation and Justice occasion at conferences of the Minister of Justice. We had very completely different positions on, for instance, girls’s rights and equality points.

Henriksson says that the RKP MEP cooperates with all Finnish MEPs, i.e. additionally primary Finns, although they belong to the ECR group. There are points the place the nationwide curiosity of Finland unites Finnish MEPs.

A shocking efficiency from Sweden

Swedish centrist MEP Emma Wiesner proposed that the events that collaborate with the far proper ought to be separated from the liberal Renew group. In Sweden, in response to Wiesner, it could imply liberals who cooperate with the Sweden Democrats, and in Finland RKP, who cooperates in authorities with primary Finns.

– That is Sweden’s inner coverage. Each the Swedish heart and the Swedish liberals are preventing for their very own illustration. This was Wiesner’s manner of attacking liberals. I do not see it as a requirement of central Sweden.

In Henriksson’s opinion, the success of the far-right within the upcoming EU elections can be a giant step backwards for the event of Europe. In keeping with him, France and Germany are query marks about what is going to occur.

– On this world political state of affairs, we’d like forces that see that we’d like a powerful and united EU, as a result of Ukraine has to win the conflict.

RKP would legalize the sale of snuff

RKP’s election program additionally features a proposal that the sale of snuff ought to be legalized all through the EU.

Why is the sale of snus dangerous to well being so necessary to RKP?

– I’ve all the time been a well being politician, however so long as tobacco might be offered in Finland and the EU, it could be good for our tax base if snuff may be offered. Finland has been a member of the EU for nearly 30 years and since we’ve got had a ban on promoting snuff, the cash has virtually gone to Sweden. We may have obtained perhaps round 50 million euros per yr. In different phrases, we’ve got misplaced perhaps 1.5 billion in tax income throughout the EU interval as a result of ban on the sale of snuff.

Opposite to the present legislation in Finland, RKP additionally needs to make shopping for intercourse unlawful within the EU.

– There are an enormous variety of girls and younger women who’re drawn to the nation within the perception that they’ll get a superb job or examine. We all know that there’s a robust connection between prostitution and human trafficking. In our opinion, you shouldn’t be in a position to purchase an individual.

Cheers to Åland

RKP was the one parliamentary occasion that voted for Åland to all the time have its personal consultant within the European Parliament.

– This goes again Matti Vanhanen (central) authorities time. At the moment, jurisdiction was taken away from Åland and the federal government’s promise to Åland was that Åland’s place can be strengthened. RKP has needed to take care that what has been promised by the federal government will not be forgotten.

Within the accomplished time period, one of many assistants of the RKP MP was from Åland. That is additionally the case with the attainable subsequent RKP MEP, if the MEP himself will not be from Åland.

IIn the course of the EU elections, ltalehti interviews a candidate from every parliamentary occasion or their electoral alliance concerning the events’ election applications.