Photo: Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva The presidential candidates meet the press (from left): Paavo Arhinmäki (Left Alliance), Eva Biaudet (Swedish People’s Party), Paavo Väyrynen (Centre Party), Paavo Lipponen (Social Democratic Party), Sauli Niinistö (National Coalition Party), Timo Soini (“Finns” Party), Sari Essayah (Christian Democratic Party) and Pekka Haavisto (Greens).
Remember the Western movie The Magnificent Seven? The Finnish presidential candidates could be called the Magnificent Eight, writes Kyösti Karvonen, managing editor of the newspaper Kaleva.
