Study: Finns pro strong leader – liberals fear dictatorship
The Internationalist daily, Helsingin Sanomat, reports about a study by EVA, a right-wing think-tank in Finland.
The study shows that 2/3 of Finns would support a strong leader and 1/4 could vote for an extreme nationalist party.
The study shows, among other things that:
– 74% of Finns think that the elites are only looking out for themselves and do not care about the people
– 62% of Finns think that Finland needs a strong leader who could return order and the respect of good values. Only 25% disagree.
– 60% say that the current levels of migration are excessive despite that Finland should take care of war refugees
– 57% of Finns think that the international markets control the society too much
– 55% say that the last year has made them more critical about migration
– 45% of Finns think that globalism has gone too far and Finland should be more nationalist while 40% oppose the view
The study looked also at left wing and far green populism but they were not equally popular.
A Finnish Nobel laureate, Bengt Holmström warns about a ”time of dictators” in the same article. Two thirds of Finns would, however, welcome their new strong leader with open arms.
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