With Finns Party at the helm, development policy consensus is ‘broken’

News September 12, 2024 / By: Bjørn H Amland

Finnish aid has been cut and policy upended since the Finns Party took over the aid portfolio last year. Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Kimmo Kiljunen says to Development Today that a long tradition of consensus in foreign policy is now “broken” and Finnish development policy is drifting away from well-established Nordic values.

Kiljunen - Hanne Salonen Parliament of Finland.jpg — Kimmo Kiljunen, Chair of the Finnish Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee. (Photo: Hanne Salonen / Parliament of Finland)

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