On 19 April 2018, member of parliament (MP) Harry Harkimo announced that he would resign from his party, the NCP. On 21 April, he announced that he had founded a political movement of his own called Movement Now.[7] The movement had been founded by him and seven others and registered with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office [fi] one day before Harkimo's resignation from the NCP.[8] The seven founding members are Harkimo, former SDP party secretary Mikael Jungner, Alex Nieminen [fi], Helene Auramo, Karoliina Kähönen, Sarian Antila, and Tuomas Enbuske.[9]
Harkimo subsequently formed a one-man parliamentary group,[2] the Movement Now parliamentary group [fi], in the Parliament of Finland.[10] On 21 January 2019, an MP of the Blue Reform and former Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Maria Lohela announced that she would leave the Blue Reform in order to join Liike Nyt's parliamentary group.[11] In addition to the Parliament, the movement has gained members in municipalities. The group Parempi Heinola in the city assembly of Heinola joined Liike Nyt. With its eight members out of a total of 43, the movement is the largest in Heinola.[12][13] A similar association with the Uusi Jämsä group of Jämsä was agreed upon in August 2018. Uusi Jämsä was the third largest group in the city council when joining the movement with its six members.[14]
In the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election, Harkimo was elected to the parliament as the sole representative from Movement Now.[15] 115 candidates stood for election, short of the movement's target of 150.[16] Besides Harkimo, candidates included another founder of the party Auramo, and the former's parliamentary assistant [fi] Mirita Saxberg.[17] Because the movement was not a registered party, each of its candidates had to gather signatures of at least 100 voters to form a constituency association [fi].[16] The party used controversial microtargeting in its campaign advertising.[18]
In June 2019, Harkimo announced that the Movement Now would start collecting signed support cards in order to become a registered political party.[19] The Ministry of Justice announced on 14 November 2019 that Movement Now had been registered as a political party.[20]
Thirty core principles were agreed upon by members. Besides these, candidates are not aligned ideologically with the group and are allowed to take independent stances on local issues. Election themes include Baltic Sea clean up and social security for entrepreneurs.[21]
The party defends generally liberal policies. In economics, it supports reducing the corporate tax and what they see as unnecessary regulations on businesses, and in social policy, the party defends legalizing the sale of alcohol in grocery stores.
In international policy, although the party believes that the European Union has been beneficial for Finland in many respects, the Euro currency has not, and that the debt and migration crises, along with Brexit, has forced the EU to reconsider in which areas Brussels is needed and where it is not. The party opposes a European superstate.
It also supports achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, instead of the Marin government's target of 2035, believing the latter to be unrealistic. The party also supports nuclear power.
The party believes in expanding private health care as a way of reducing queues in public health facilities.
It also believes that Finland should adopt a national D visa entitling skilled migrants to work while at the same time keeping out migrants who would be a burden on society. The party also advocates reforming the asylum system and mandating that immigrants should be integrated so that they become part of Finnish society, and that employment plans should be drawn up for all immigrants over the age of 18. It also believes that all incoming immigrants should prove that they will be active members in Finnish society, and that those who provide false information or committed serious crimes such as terrorism should be deported.
The party doesn't support NATO membership at the current time, but if Sweden joins NATO, or a crisis happens in the Baltic, they would support a vote for NATO membership.[22]
The party's headquarters are on Abrahaminkatu in Helsinki.[25] The party has about 8,000 members,[26] and employs four people full-time.[25] The chairperson of the party is Harry Harkimo.[9]
Notes
^Previously held 2 seats after splitting from the National Coalition Party, but lost 1 during the election.
^"Här är listan på alla som är med i Harkimos nya rörelse". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 23 April 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ abIjäs, Johannes (27 April 2018). "Harkimo (liik) siirretään perussuomalaisten ja keskustan väliin takariviin". Demokraatti (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^"Extra-parliamentary parties band together ahead of April elections". Yle News. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^Karkkola, Minna (7 May 2018). "Tutkija löysi paradoksin Hjallis Harkimon liikkeestä: 'Saadaanko tavoitteella tismalleen päinvastainen lopputulos?'". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^"Liike NYT merkittiin puoluerekisteriin". 14 November 2019.
^"Finland - Parties". Europe Elects. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^"NCP defector Harkimo co-founds new political movement – 'Not a party'". Yle Uutiset. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^Honkamaa, Antti; Nykänen, Riika (19 April 2018). "Harkimo on perustamassa uutta yhdistystä: Liike Nyt ry:n tiedoista paljastuu kiinnostava nimi". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ abRäsänen, Jukka-Pekka (21 April 2018). "Nimet julki: he ovat Liike Nytin taustalla". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^"Members of Parliament". Parliament of Finland. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^"Kansanedustaja Maria Lohela loikkaa sinisistä Harkimon Liike Nytiin – sote-uudistus vaarassa kaatua". Yle. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^Nieminen, Janne (14 June 2018). "Parempi Heinola -yhdistys mukaan Liike Nytiin – Harkimon mukaan kiinnostusta on muuallakin, kuten Kärkölässä". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^"Valtuusto" (in Finnish). City of Heinola. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^"Harkimo kaappasi jo toisen valtuustoryhmän maakunnasta – Uusi Jämsä liittyy Liike Nytiin" (in Finnish). Yle. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^"Pienryhmistä ei eduskuntaan mennä, poikkeuksena vain Hjallis Harkimo". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ ab"Liike Nyt jäi tavoitteestaan – ei saanut kasaan 150 ehdokasta eduskuntavaaleihin". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^Vartiainen, Niko; Nalbantoglu, Minna (7 January 2019). "Liike Nyt asetti ensimmäiset ehdokkaansa eduskuntavaaleihin". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^Mansikka, Ossi (14 March 2019). "Trumpin valinnan ja brexitin ratkaisi osin somessa tehtävä mikrotargetointi – Suomessa kaksi puoluetta tekee samaa". Nyt (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^"Harkimon Liike Nyt aikoo rekisteröityä puolueeksi – "Jouduin nöyrtymään"" (in Finnish). Yle. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^"Liike Nyt merkittiin puoluerekisteriin" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^"Movement Now announces parliamentary election bid". Yle Uutiset. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^"Puolueohjelma". Liike Nyt (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Liikkeen kuusi perusperiaatetta". Liike Nyt (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Yle - Tulospalvelu - Koko maa - Kuntavaalit 2021 - Yle.fi".
^ abLohilahti, Oona (7 July 2018). "Liike Nyt on hankkinut toimiston ja työntekijöitä, ensi viikolla julkaistaan toisen nettiäänestyksen tulokset – siinä saattaa myös ratketa Harry Harkimon sote-kanta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^Välimaa, Mikko (25 April 2018). "Harkimon ja Jungnerin Liike Nyt houkutellut liki 7 700 ihmistä – 'Haemme nyt aktiiveja Helsingin ulkopuolelle'". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
Further reading
Harkimo, Hjallis (2018). Suoraan sanottuna (in Finnish). Helsinki: WSOY. ISBN9789510436479.
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This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article May 2021 Movement Now 3 Finnish Liike Nyt ˈliːke nyt Swedish Rorelse nu is an economically liberal political party in Finland 4 Movement Now Liike NytSwedish nameRorelse nu 1 AbbreviationMovement Now 2 ChairpersonHarry HarkimoFounderHarry Harkimo Mikael Jungner Alex Nieminen fi Helene Auramo Karoliina Kahonen Sarian Antila Tuomas EnbuskeFounded18 April 2018 2018 04 18 Split fromNational Coalition PartyHeadquartersAbrahaminkatu HelsinkiMembership 2018 8 000IdeologyEconomic liberalismPolitical positionCentre rightColorsFuchsiaParliament of Finland1 200Municipalities49 8 859County seats20 1 379Websiteliikenyt wbr fiPolitics of FinlandPolitical partiesElectionsIt was founded by then National Coalition Party NCP member of parliament MP Harry Hjallis Harkimo and seven other people as a political movement The movement was registered as a party in 14 November 2019 5 It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum 6 Contents 1 History 2 Political stances 3 Election results 3 1 Parliamentary elections 3 2 Municipal elections 3 3 Presidential elections 4 Organization 5 Notes 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksHistory EditOn 19 April 2018 member of parliament MP Harry Harkimo announced that he would resign from his party the NCP On 21 April he announced that he had founded a political movement of his own called Movement Now 7 The movement had been founded by him and seven others and registered with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office fi one day before Harkimo s resignation from the NCP 8 The seven founding members are Harkimo former SDP party secretary Mikael Jungner Alex Nieminen fi Helene Auramo Karoliina Kahonen Sarian Antila and Tuomas Enbuske 9 Harkimo subsequently formed a one man parliamentary group 2 the Movement Now parliamentary group fi in the Parliament of Finland 10 On 21 January 2019 an MP of the Blue Reform and former Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Maria Lohela announced that she would leave the Blue Reform in order to join Liike Nyt s parliamentary group 11 In addition to the Parliament the movement has gained members in municipalities The group Parempi Heinola in the city assembly of Heinola joined Liike Nyt With its eight members out of a total of 43 the movement is the largest in Heinola 12 13 A similar association with the Uusi Jamsa group of Jamsa was agreed upon in August 2018 Uusi Jamsa was the third largest group in the city council when joining the movement with its six members 14 In the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election Harkimo was elected to the parliament as the sole representative from Movement Now 15 115 candidates stood for election short of the movement s target of 150 16 Besides Harkimo candidates included another founder of the party Auramo and the former s parliamentary assistant fi Mirita Saxberg 17 Because the movement was not a registered party each of its candidates had to gather signatures of at least 100 voters to form a constituency association fi 16 The party used controversial microtargeting in its campaign advertising 18 In June 2019 Harkimo announced that the Movement Now would start collecting signed support cards in order to become a registered political party 19 The Ministry of Justice announced on 14 November 2019 that Movement Now had been registered as a political party 20 Political stances Edit Hjallis Harkimo is the founder and chairman of the party This section has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages The neutrality of this section is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This section needs additional citations for verification Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Thirty core principles were agreed upon by members Besides these candidates are not aligned ideologically with the group and are allowed to take independent stances on local issues Election themes include Baltic Sea clean up and social security for entrepreneurs 21 The party defends generally liberal policies In economics it supports reducing the corporate tax and what they see as unnecessary regulations on businesses and in social policy the party defends legalizing the sale of alcohol in grocery stores In international policy although the party believes that the European Union has been beneficial for Finland in many respects the Euro currency has not and that the debt and migration crises along with Brexit has forced the EU to reconsider in which areas Brussels is needed and where it is not The party opposes a European superstate It also supports achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 instead of the Marin government s target of 2035 believing the latter to be unrealistic The party also supports nuclear power The party believes in expanding private health care as a way of reducing queues in public health facilities It also believes that Finland should adopt a national D visa entitling skilled migrants to work while at the same time keeping out migrants who would be a burden on society The party also advocates reforming the asylum system and mandating that immigrants should be integrated so that they become part of Finnish society and that employment plans should be drawn up for all immigrants over the age of 18 It also believes that all incoming immigrants should prove that they will be active members in Finnish society and that those who provide false information or committed serious crimes such as terrorism should be deported The party doesn t support NATO membership at the current time but if Sweden joins NATO or a crisis happens in the Baltic they would support a vote for NATO membership 22 The main six principles of the party are 23 Everybody should be taken care of A free market is a good way to develop society if its rules are fair Climate change is real and decisions must be taken in an environmentally sustainable manner Entrepreneurship is the most effective way to do things if given space Valuing the individual Pro EuropeanismElection results EditParliamentary elections Edit Election year of overall votes of overall vote of overall seats won Notes Ref2019 69 427 2 25 1 200 New a citation needed Municipal elections Edit Election Votes Councillors Ref2021 38 943 1 6 49 24 Presidential elections Edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2022 Election Candidate 1st round 2nd roundVotes Votes 2024 Harry HarkimoOrganization EditThe party s headquarters are on Abrahaminkatu in Helsinki 25 The party has about 8 000 members 26 and employs four people full time 25 The chairperson of the party is Harry Harkimo 9 Notes Edit Previously held 2 seats after splitting from the National Coalition Party but lost 1 during the election See also EditPolitics of Finland List of political parties in Finland Elections in FinlandReferences Edit Har ar listan pa alla som ar med i Harkimos nya rorelse Hufvudstadsbladet in Swedish 23 April 2018 Retrieved 29 June 2018 a b Ijas Johannes 27 April 2018 Harkimo liik siirretaan perussuomalaisten ja keskustan valiin takariviin Demokraatti in Finnish Retrieved 29 June 2018 Extra parliamentary parties band together ahead of April elections Yle News 6 January 2019 Retrieved 21 March 2019 Karkkola Minna 7 May 2018 Tutkija loysi paradoksin Hjallis Harkimon liikkeesta Saadaanko tavoitteella tismalleen painvastainen lopputulos Uusi Suomi in Finnish Retrieved 29 June 2018 Liike NYT merkittiin puoluerekisteriin 14 November 2019 Finland Parties Europe Elects Retrieved 31 August 2021 NCP defector Harkimo co founds new political movement Not a party Yle Uutiset 23 April 2018 Retrieved 29 June 2018 Honkamaa Antti Nykanen Riika 19 April 2018 Harkimo on perustamassa uutta yhdistysta Liike Nyt ry n tiedoista paljastuu kiinnostava nimi Ilta Sanomat in Finnish Retrieved 29 June 2018 a b Rasanen Jukka Pekka 21 April 2018 Nimet julki he ovat Liike Nytin taustalla Savon Sanomat in Finnish Retrieved 29 June 2018 Members of Parliament Parliament of Finland 3 May 2018 Retrieved 29 June 2018 Kansanedustaja Maria Lohela loikkaa sinisista Harkimon Liike Nytiin sote uudistus vaarassa kaatua Yle 21 January 2019 Retrieved 21 January 2019 Nieminen Janne 14 June 2018 Parempi Heinola yhdistys mukaan Liike Nytiin Harkimon mukaan kiinnostusta on muuallakin kuten Karkolassa Etela Suomen Sanomat in Finnish Retrieved 29 June 2018 Valtuusto in Finnish City of Heinola Retrieved 29 June 2018 Harkimo kaappasi jo toisen valtuustoryhman maakunnasta Uusi Jamsa liittyy Liike Nytiin in Finnish Yle 20 August 2018 Retrieved 20 August 2018 Pienryhmista ei eduskuntaan menna poikkeuksena vain Hjallis Harkimo Ilta Sanomat in Finnish 15 April 2019 Retrieved 15 April 2019 a b Liike Nyt jai tavoitteestaan ei saanut kasaan 150 ehdokasta eduskuntavaaleihin Uusi Suomi in Finnish 6 March 2019 Retrieved 14 March 2019 Vartiainen Niko Nalbantoglu Minna 7 January 2019 Liike Nyt asetti ensimmaiset ehdokkaansa eduskuntavaaleihin Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish Retrieved 14 March 2019 Mansikka Ossi 14 March 2019 Trumpin valinnan ja brexitin ratkaisi osin somessa tehtava mikrotargetointi Suomessa kaksi puoluetta tekee samaa Nyt in Finnish Retrieved 14 March 2019 Harkimon Liike Nyt aikoo rekisteroitya puolueeksi Jouduin noyrtymaan in Finnish Yle 20 June 2019 Retrieved 21 September 2019 Liike Nyt merkittiin puoluerekisteriin in Finnish Helsingin Sanomat 14 November 2019 Retrieved 3 December 2019 Movement Now announces parliamentary election bid Yle Uutiset 26 November 2018 Retrieved 15 April 2019 Puolueohjelma Liike Nyt in Finnish Retrieved 28 June 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Liikkeen kuusi perusperiaatetta Liike Nyt in Finnish Retrieved 28 June 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Yle Tulospalvelu Koko maa Kuntavaalit 2021 Yle fi a b Lohilahti Oona 7 July 2018 Liike Nyt on hankkinut toimiston ja tyontekijoita ensi viikolla julkaistaan toisen nettiaanestyksen tulokset siina saattaa myos ratketa Harry Harkimon sote kanta Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish Retrieved 30 July 2018 Valimaa Mikko 25 April 2018 Harkimon ja Jungnerin Liike Nyt houkutellut liki 7 700 ihmista Haemme nyt aktiiveja Helsingin ulkopuolelle Helsingin Uutiset in Finnish Retrieved 29 June 2018 Further reading EditHarkimo Hjallis 2018 Suoraan sanottuna in Finnish Helsinki WSOY ISBN 9789510436479 External links EditOfficial website in Finnish Portals Finland Liberalism Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Movement Now amp oldid 1124948012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
