Jeffrey Gedmin for TAI: In many Western countries, voter ties to mainstream establishment parties are loosening, and those parties are in trouble. Is that happening in Finland and what does it look like? And second, you’ve been effective as a politician who is popular but not populist. How do you manage that?Sauli Niinisto: To your first question, yes, it is very worrying. I try to remember whether we have seen anything similar and unfortunately we have: in 1930s Germany. At the time normal parties collapsed, and at the end they were pushed away with violence. But nevertheless, we haven’t seen …read more
Source: The American Interest
