nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220710-233422-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220710s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220710-233422-0 doi eng 342 23 Scheinin, Martin Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-9511-0867 Is Finland Joining the Backsliding Trend in Europe? Scheinin, Martin Verfassungsblog 2022-07-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier New laws have just been adopted by the Finnish parliament that would be extremely dangerous tools in the hands of a cynical government with a right-wing-populist and/or kleptocratic agenda. As the composition of the current Government is left-green-centre, some people will dismiss my concerns. The plain facts, however, give rise to worries: parliamentary elections will be held in April 2023, both large opposition parties, the populist True Finns and the Conservatives, effectively took ownership of the parliamentary consideration of the Bills in question, and the prevailing political rhetoric now is full of slogans that echo Donald Trump rather than the voices of human rights. There is good reason to be on high alert. CC BY-SA 4.0 constitutional amendment Derogation Right to Asylum State of Emergency Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-finland-joining-the-backsliding-trend-in-europe/ raw object