Blue-and-Black Movement
Sinimusta Liike
AbbreviationSML
ChairmanTuukka Kuru
SecretaryTerhi Kiemunki
Vice-chairmanOlavi Saarelainen[1]
Founded13 January 2021 (2021-01-13)
Split fromFinns Party
HeadquartersHämeenlinna[2]
IdeologyNeo-fascism
Ecofascism[3]
Finnish nationalism[3]
Traditionalist conservatism
Anti-immigration[3]
Anti-globalization[3]
National conservatism[3]
Antisemitism[3]
Euroscepticism
Political positionFar-right
Colours   Black and blue
Parliament
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European Parliament
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Municipalities
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Website
sinimustaliike.fi

The Blue-and-Black Movement (Finnish: Sinimusta Liike, SML[4]) is a neo-fascist party in Finland.

The party was born out of row over ethnonationalism in the Finns Party, which led into the Finns Party Youth disintegrating and representatives being expelled from the party. The party's name and colors have been inspired by the Patriotic People's Movement.[5] As of 14 April 2022, the party has received the 5,000 signatures needed to register.[6][7]

Policies

The party considers itself radical and traditionalist.

The party wants to increase awareness of what it considers the cultural roots of the Finns by for example, having the educational system teach about Finnish paganism along with Christianity.[8] The party also wants Finnish to be the only official language in Finland.[3]

Criticism

According to historian Oula Silvennoinen, who is also known for his work on Finnish co-operation with the Germans during World War Two, the party's ideology is neo-fascist.[9]

The Ministry of Justice considered the party program so radical and anti-democratic it had to be partially rewritten to be accepted for registration. For example, the party wanted an ethnic register of people living in Finland, to outlaw advocating for a non-traditional family, and to reconsider the citizenship of everyone made a citizen after 1990.[10][11] These controversial planks were later re-added to the party program, which has caused the Ministry of Justice to request a court to revoke the Blue-and-Black Movement's status as a registered political party.[12]

The party immediately caused controversy when chairman Kuru wrote that the Movement opposes visible presence of non-Christian religions and that interests and genetics of the Jews are separate and "in total conflict with those of the European native population". The comments were condemned by chairman of the Helsinki Jewish Congregation Yaron Nadbornik.[13][14]

Election results

Parliament of Finland

Election Votes  % Seats +/– Government
2023 2,307 0.07
0 / 200
 New Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ Pöntinen, Sami (13 January 2021). "Jussi Halla-aho Sinimusta liike -puoluehankkeesta: "En usko olevan kovin suurta merkitystä perussuomalaisten kannalta"". Finnish Broadcasting Company.
  2. ↑ "Kansalainen haastattelee eduskuntavaaliehdokkaita: Tuukka Kuru". Kansalainen.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ohjelma" [Program]. Blue-and-Black Movement (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Pettersson, Tobias (22 January 2021). "Blåsvarta rörelsen en tydlig referens till 30-talets finländska fascism". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Finns Party splinter group dons colours of 1940s fascists". Finnish Broadcasting Company. 13 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Puoluerekisteri.fi".
  7. ↑ Kangas, Laura (2 August 2021). "Sinimusta liike sai puolueen perustamiseen vaadittavat kannattajakortit kasaan". Yle Uutiset. Finnish Broadcasting Company.
  8. ↑ "Uskontopolitiikka" [Religious politics]. Blue-and-Black Movement (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  9. ↑ ""Tältä fasismi näyttää, kun sen kirjoittaa paperille" – tutkija Oula Silvennoinen epäilee Sinimustien puoluehankkeen karahtavan oikeusministeriöön" ["This is what fascism looks like when you write it down on paper" - researcher Oula Silvennoinen suspects that the Sinimustie party project will run away to the Ministry of Justice]. www.kirkkojakaupunki.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Sinimusta liike joutui karsimaan ohjelmaansa kovalla kädellä, jotta se sai oikeusministeriön hyväksynnän" [The blue-black movement had to prune its program with a heavy hand in order to get it approved by the Ministry of Justice] (in Finnish). Finnish Broadcasting Company. 16 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Radikaaliksi ja traditionalistiseksi itseään luonnehtiva Sinimusta liike pyrkii rekisteröitymään puolueeksi" [The Blue-and-Black Movement, which describes itself as radical and traditionalist, is trying to register as a party] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 13 May 2021.
  12. ↑ Tauriainen, Riika (23 October 2023). "Ministeriö vaatii Sinimustaa liikettä ulos puoluerekisteristä – Fasistipuolue haluaa puolestaan kommunistit vastuuseen". Iltalehti. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sinimustan liikkeen puheenjohtaja Tuukka Kuru kirjoittaa tekstejä, jotka käryävät antisemitismiltä – "vanhoillinen luterilainen" Kuru kuuluu kirkosta irtaantuneeseen Lähetyshiippakuntaan". Kirkko ja Kaupunki.
  14. ↑ "Sinimusta liike luo juutalaisen seurakunnan puheenjohtajassa Yaron Nadbornikissa mielleyhtymiä natsi-Saksaan: "Nämä ihmiset ovat eksyksissä oman ihmisyytensä kanssa"". Kirkko ja Kaupunki.
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