The constitutional position of the Finnish Parliament Eduskunta by Viktoria Serzhanova

“…The hereby paper takes up the analysis of the constitutional position of the Finnish parliament Eduskunta from the moment of its establishment and as a result of its development during the centuries, with a special attention paid to the present normative state and on the basis of the hitherto constitutional practice. …”
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Family policy motives behind proposals in the Finnish Parliament by Leena Suominen

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Written representation of spoken interaction in the official parliamentary transcripts of the Finnish Parliament by Eero Voutilainen

“…In this article, I will analyze the written representation of spoken interaction in the official plenary session transcripts of the Finnish Parliament. The official parliamentary transcripts are not—and cannot be—identical copies of the original speech event. …”
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Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II by Antti Pajala

“…Few studies analysing government-opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta were published during the 1960s and 1970s. …”
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‘Democracy’ and ‘People’s Power’ in the Finnish Parliament – the Struggle between Representative, Participatory and Direct Democracy by Matti Hyvärinen, Jussi Kurunmäki, Risto Turunen, Kari Teräs, Mykola Andrushchenko, Jaakko Peltonen

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Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II by Antti Pajala

“…Few studies analysing government-opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta were published during the 1960s and 1970s. …”
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The Role of Professors in the Formation of Finnish Parliamentary Life: The Struggle between Two Conceptions of Parliament by Onni Pekonen

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Results of the Finnish parliamentary elections and their possible impact on Russian-Finnish relations by Boris P. Guseletov

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Between European Commitment and 'Taking the Law Seriously' by Päivi Leino-Sandberg

“…<p>On 27 April 2021, the Constitutional Law Committee of the Finnish Parliament adopted its much-awaited opinion on the EU’s Own Resources Decision. …”
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Solidarity and Constitutional Constraints in Times of Crisis by Päivi Leino-Sandberg

“…This is the result of two days of deliberations by the Constitutional Law Committee of the Finnish Parliament relating to the euro group agenda dedicated to the COVID19 crisis. …”
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Nature Restoration and Fundamental Rights by Päivi Leino-Sandberg

“…Last Friday the Finnish Parliament’s Constitutional Law Committee approved an interesting statement of principle, which is likely to affect the country’s stance on EU (fiscal) integration far beyond the question of nature restoration.…”
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Is Finland Joining the Backsliding Trend in Europe? by Martin Scheinin

“…<p>New laws have just been adopted by the Finnish parliament that would be extremely dangerous tools in the hands of a cynical government with a right-wing-populist and/or kleptocratic agenda. …”
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Integrating a traditional minority into a Nordic society: Elite discourse on the Finnish Roma by Camilla Nordberg

“…The study draws on a qualitative analysis of political elite discourse on Romani issues in the Finnish Parliament from 1989-2003. How issues concerning the Roma are debated elucidates the dilemmas of universal rights and duties within the Nordic welfare model, and the possibilities for cultural diversity within this framework. …”
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Is Anyone Representing Non-resident Finnish Citizens in the Legislative Process of Finland? by Kimmo Makkonen

“…This research paper examines the instances of representation of the expatriate Finnish citizen in the different stages of the legislative process in Finland: the preparation of law bills, the process in the Parliamentary committees and in the plenary sessions of the Finnish Parliament Eduskunta. The aim is to answer the questions how many and what kind of expatriate Finns issues there has been on the political agenda, when those issues were there, and who acted for the expatriates then. …”
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The (Re)Naming of the Finnish Representative Assembly 1809–1919: State-Building, Representation and Sovereignty by Onni Pekonen

“…The article presents a history of the adoption of the current names of the Finnish parliament – 'valtiopäivät' and 'eduskunta' in Finnish, 'riksdagen' in Swedish, as well as a number of failed proposals. …”
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Assembled policies: The Finnish case of restricted entitlement to early childhood education and care by Maiju Paananen, Anu Kuukka, Maarit Alasuutari

“…Since 1996, children under school age have enjoyed the entitlement to full-day ECEC provided by local authorities. In 2016, the Finnish parliament enforced new legislation that allows municipalities to limit this entitlement to 20 hours per week unless the child’s parents work or study full-time. …”
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Institutsioonikeskse meenutamise erijooni. Endised parlamendisaadikud suulise ajaloo loojaina Soomes by Joni Krekola, Pauliina Latvala

“…The Library of the Finnish Parliament has, since 1988, produced over 340 oral history interviews with veteran parliamentarians, politically active in the post-war era. …”
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