Timo Juhani Soini (born 30 May 1962) is a Finnish politician, the co-founder and current leader of the Finns Party (a.k.a. True Finns). He was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2011, when he returned to the Parliament of Finland. Well known as an EU-sceptic populist, he was elected a member of the Espoo city council in 2000 and the Parliament of Finland in 2003. In the 2009 European Parliament election he won a seat in the European Parliament with Finland's highest personal vote share (nearly 10% of all votes), becoming the first True Finn in the European Parliament.In the 2011 parliamentary election, his party won 19.1% of the votes, which was described as "shocking" and "exceptional" by the Finnish media. Soini himself won the most votes of all candidates, leaving behind the Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb and the Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen in their Uusimaa electoral district. Helsingin Sanomat concluded that "Timo Soini rewrote the electoral history books".Soini has become one of the internationally best-known critics of European Union bailouts and safety mechanisms. Soini's column "Why I Don't Support Europe's Bailouts" in the Wall Street Journal was the most read and emailed article of the magazine's daily European edition.
Regarding the Finnish government's push to ratify the EU's draft constitution in Parliament, even though two of the EU's founding countries have rejected it: "It is like wanting to display a dead elephant at the zoo."
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It may be good if the EU gets so big that it can no longer function - it will be like a rat with its hypothalamus removed, who keeps eating until it explodes.
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The EU structure is very Catholic. The commission president behaves like an unelected pope, the commissioners are his cardinals, while there are 83,000 pages of regulation that it likes to think are the gospel. I already have my church, so I don't need another religion in Brussels.
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Everyone knew that the Communist dictatorship was a harmful system, yet we talked about it bringing peace and prosperity. Now we use this same doublespeak when talking about the EU.
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He was running for Finlands president in 2006.
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He dislikes to be categorized in right-wing or left-wing. He says that he is defending common people in Finland.
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He is a conservative populist politician in Finland.
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Huomenta Suomi
2016-2017
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Enbuske, Veitola & Salminen
2016
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David Hasselhoff Show
2015
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Uutisvuoto
2005-2015
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Sarasvuo
2013
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Pressiklubi
2009-2013
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Hjalliksen kanssa
2011-2013
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A-talk
2008-2013
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A-studio
1995-2013
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Kuntavaalit 2012
2012
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Presidentinvaali 2012
2011-2012
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Itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotto
2011
TV Movie
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Ajankohtainen kakkonen
2004-2011
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Himself / Himself - Guest
Vaalit 2011
2011
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Himself
Krissen vaaligrilli
2011
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Itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotto
2010
TV Movie
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Ne Salmiset
2009
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Strada
2009
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Himself
Maria!
2009
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Arto Nyberg
2008
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Joonas
2007
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Donna Paukku
2007
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Ruben
2006
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Se on siinä
2006
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SF-studio
2006
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Aamu-TV
2006
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Leikin varjolla
2005
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YleLeaks
2011
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A-studio
2009
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Known for movies
Itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotto (2010) as Himself
Itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotto (2011) as Himself
Pressiklubi (2009-2013) as Himself - Guest / Himself
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