Is Finns Party left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Finns Party scores +02 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +08. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Finns Party authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Finns Party scores +03. Entered national government in 2015 and 2023, splitting once over whether office was worth the moderation it required.

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Finns Party

Perussuomalaiset · 1995– · Finland · Radical Right Populist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

+02ECmarket

+08CUtraditional

+03AUmonist

+02SCcentral

+08IDascriptive

−04CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Finnish national identity, restriction of immigration and asylum, and defence of the welfare state for those already inside it.

Economic model

Defends pensions and rural subsidy while opposing climate levies and development aid.

Organisation of powers

Entered national government in 2015 and 2023, splitting once over whether office was worth the moderation it required.

Reading note

The Nordic welfare-chauvinist pattern in its clearest form: economically centrist, culturally at the far end.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored +02

Coded +2: welfare defence combined with opposition to climate levies and aid.

Programme textProgramme commits to protecting pensions and rural subsidy while cutting development aid.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +08

Coded +8: national identity and immigration restriction as the organising theme.

Programme textProgramme frames immigration as a fiscal and cultural cost.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +03

Coded +3: entirely parliamentary and twice in government.

Documented act or statuteEntered government in 2015 and 2023; the 2017 split occurred over accepting office.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +02

Coded +2: national sovereignty against EU competence.

Programme textProgramme opposes EU fiscal transfers and common debt.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +08

Coded +8: restriction of asylum and of family reunification.

Programme textProgramme commits to the minimum permitted by international obligation.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −04

Coded −4: electoral throughout, from an agrarian populist predecessor.

Documented act or statuteDescends from the Finnish Rural Party, dissolved in 1995.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Finland

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Finns Party. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/finnsparty/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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