Third racism scandal hits Finland’s government in space of a month
OLEN PUOLUEETON POLITIIKAN IHMETTELIJÄ
Politico-lehti 28.7.2023
Finns Party under fire again over old racist messages sent by minister of economic affair
Finland’s right-wing coalition government has only been in office for a little over a month and has now been rocked by its third racism scandal, after a media report uncovered racist messages sent by the minister of economic affairs.
Wille Rydman — of the far-right Finns Party — used racial slurs in private messages with his then-girlfriend in 2016, according to Helsingin Sanomat. According to the report, Rydman said he would rather ban headscarf-wearers than headscarves, and told his then-partner when she suggested giving her future children traditional Hebrew names: “We Nazis don’t really like that kind of stuff.”
Ny rasismanklagelse mot Finlands regering
Svenska Dagblad
Anklagelserna om rasism i den nytillträdda finländska regeringen fortsätter att hagla tätt.
Den här gången riktar sig anklagelserna mot den nya näringsministern Wille Rydman – som tog över när den tidigare tvingats avgå till följd av anklagelser om kopplingar till högerextremism.
Det rör sig om meddelanden med rasistiska inslag som Sannfinländaren Rydman skickat 2016 till sin dåvarande flickvän och som tidningen Helsingin Sanomat tagit del av.
