Laura Huhtasaari was speaking the day after Brussels was accused of trying to “bully” Finland into ratifying its £650billion coronavirus recovery fund amid suggestions the Scandinavian country’s legislature might refuse to do so. With a two-thirds majority required, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin remains confident she will secure an agreement – but nevertheless sought advice from European Council’s legal team […]

“The nation state is still the political model that most efficiently guarantees the security and wellbeing of its citizens,” Laura Huhtasaari, a Finnish right-wing MEP who advocates leaving the EU, said in an email. Lue koko juttu täältä.

Euroopan parlamentti hyväksyi päätöslauselman WTO:n sääntöjen mukaisesta EU:n hiilidioksidipäästöjen tullimekanismista. Nouseeko Euroopan rajoille hiilimuuri? Mitä tuotteita hiilitullit koskisivat? Ajaako tullimekanismi EU:n riitoihin maailman kauppajärjestössä? Käydäänkö tulevat kauppasodat ilmastopolitiikan tunnusten alla? Julistetaanko EU:sta hlbti-vapauden alue? Vieraina ovat europarlamentaarikot Heidi Hautala (greens), Nils Torvalds (re) ja Laura Huhtasaari (id). Toimittajana on Tapio Pajunen. Ohjelma on kuunneltavissa täällä: […]

Ursula von der Leyen’s bid to block imports of coronavirus vaccine into Northern Ireland has badly damaged the EU’s credibility, and underlined why more EU27 countries should follow the UK’s example by quitting the bloc, a Finnish MEP has said. Laura Huhtasaari, a member of the right-wing Finns party, made her remarks in the wake […]

Finnish MEP Laura Huhtasaari took to Twitter to share a video about the opportunities Brexit offers – including the chance to boost the UK’s steel industry. She wrote: “Before the EU, the British did better.” Ms Huhtasaari’s tweet is her latest show of support for Brexit. Speaking last month before Boris Johnson struck his trade […]

Finnish MEP Laura Huhtasaari argued “inspirational” Britain was “striving for more freedom and democracy” as negotiations over trade begun earlier this year. She told Parliament that once the UK left, the “EU will never be the same again”, because Britain will “reach its full potential, and that will cause criticism against the EU in the […]

Finnish politician Laura Huhtasaari told the European Parliament she envies Britain, and that the EU should “look in the mirror” to discover why it wants to leave and countries like Norway and Switzerland have no interest in joining. “I am envious of the Brits because they can actually do something in the world now,” she […]

EU PANIC: “UK Already Has 60 Trade Agreements!” MEP Erupts At Brussels Hardballing Over Brexit Deal Laura Huhtasaari lashed out at the EU:s fear-mongering tactics in its negotiation with the UK, as she pointed out that the British side has “already concluded 60 trade agreemenst outside of the bloc.

FINNISH MEP Laura Huhtasaari lashed out at the EU’s fear-mongering tactics in its negotiation with the UK, as she pointed out that the British side has “already concluded 60 trade agreements” outside of the bloc. Laura Huhtasaari condemned the EU’s plot to stop Britain from taking back control of its borders, laws and fishing waters. The Finnish MEP […]

Finnish MEP, Laura Huhtasaari told European Parliament that it was now time for the UK to look after itself and achieve Brexit.  “I have a dream. I want all member states to do Brexit. As European People’s Party president Manfred Weber has put it, if Brexit felt like a success, it would be the beginning […]