Papers in Finland are still talking about Sunday's European election, in which the National Coalition took the top spot but the Left Alliance surge was the big story.
The party claimed three MEP spots off the back of Li Andersson's stellar performance in which she recorded nearly a quarter of a million votes — more than any other individual candidate has received in any legislative election in Finland.
The previous record was held by Paavo Väyrynen, a veteran Eurosceptic and former Centre Party politician, who opposed Finland's entry into the European Union but then, like many others hostile to Brussels, sought election to the European Parliament in the first European election in 1996.
Väyrynen's total of 157,668 votes was eclipsed by Andersson, who secured the support of 247,604 voters on Sunday.
Iltalehti caught up with the now-retired Väyrynen to ask how he felt about that. He had fulsome praise and congratulations for the Leftist leader and said it was only a "matter of time" before someone beat his record.
"She fought a wonderful campaign and has been excellent as a party leader and a presidential candidate," said Väyrynen.
Convicted candidates
Helsingin Sanomat checks in on the candidates with criminal convictions who ran in the election. One of them, Sebastian Tynkkynen, of the Finns Party, was elected with more than 34,000 votes and will leave the Finnish parliament to take up his spot in Brussels.
In 2023 Tynkkynen was convicted of incitement over online comments about immigrants and Muslims.
HS reports that four of his fellow Finns Party candidates also had convictions, but were not elected as the party's result was poorer than expected.
In addition, Jarkko Malonen of the Open Party ran despite a 2011 conviction for attempted manslaughter. He received 54 votes and will not be heading to Brussels.
Housing market gloom
Taloussanomat is one of many outlets to pick up on Danske Bank's newest housing market assessment, which offers a gloomy picture of the property market.
The bank is now predicting no growth at all in property prices, when its previous forecast showed an average increase of half a percentage point.
The bank says that high interest rates are holding back buyers, but that 2025 could see 3.5 percent growth in housing prices.
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