Stay updated with breaking news from Sofia Virta. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
“Even one experience of racism is too much, and here we are at the same time talking about ice cream bars,” Sofia Virta, the chairperson of the Green League, stated on YLE A-studio on Monday, articulating her frustration with how the discussion has been steered by the Finns Party.
The Finnish Parliament on Wednesday gave its confidence to Minister of Economic Affairs Vilhelm Junnila (PS), who faced a motion of no confidence over his repeated references to fascist and far-right symbols, by a vote of 95 to 86.
The leaders of the opposition parties wasted no time on Wednesday in attacking the plans laid out by the new right-wing government, which took office a day earlier.
The Greens on Saturday elected Sofia Virta, a 32-year-old second-term MP from Southwest Finland, as its new chairperson.
Green party members elected second-term MP Sofia Virta as their new chair on Saturday.