The Finns Party and UKIP have shared a similar journey from the outside to the mainstream

While UKIP finished with the third highest vote share in the 2015 UK’s general election, elsewhere in Finland the Eurosceptic Finns Party became the second largest party in the country’s parliament in 2015 and was is set to join the next governing coalition. Mari Niemi compares the fortunes of UKIP and the Finns Party, noting that beyond their Euroscepticism both parties have shared a common route to the political mainstream.

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ESO: Background information: United Kingdom general election, 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/united-kingdom-general-election-2015/

ESO: Background information: Finnish parliamentary election, 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/finnish-parliamentary-election-2015/

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