European Contexts Series
When: Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 9:00-10:00 CEST
Where: Concordia Cloud/Zoom
Registration is mandatory. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link one day before the event. Registration deadline: Monday, 27 March 2923, at 20:00 CEST.
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Speakers:
Campaign Issues
Veera Luoma-aho, journalist, Head of the Department of Politics, Business and Economy, at Helsingin Sanomat, the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries.
War in Ukraine, Security, NATO
Iro Särkkä, expert in Finnish foreign and security policy, NATO, Nordic security, and defence co-operation. Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
Concept and Moderation
Mirjana Tomić, fjum/Presseclub Concordia and Ivan Vejvoda, Director of Europe’s Futures-Ideas for Action program (IWM)
Background
The happiest nation in the world, according to the recently released World Happiness Report 2022, holds elections on 2 April 2023. The current 5-party coalition is not expected to continue, but the new government will also be a coalition. The Social Democrats, of the current Prime Minister Sanna Marin, the liberal National Coalition Party and the anti-immigration Finns Party are competing for the premiership.
The campaign focuses on domestic issues. However, the war in Ukraine cannot be ignored: political parties across the spectrum aspire to join NATO after decades of military neutrality. The membership may materialise in the coming summer. Currently, Finland is constructing a 3-meter-high fence, with barbed wire on the top, along the part of its border with Russia.
The seminar will address both domestic and security issues that the upcoming elections will address. Does Finland fear the spillover of the war?
Target Groups
Austrian and international journalists, thinktank analysts, and academics.
Format
Moderated conversation followed by a live Q&A
Additional Information
Mirjana Tomic
email: Mirjana.tomic@fjum-wien.at,
Cell: +43 676 365 26 93