Populist party for citizenship as factor for social security

The Sininen Tulevaisuus (Blue Reform), a populist party in the current ruling coalition, on Tuesday proposed that Finnish citizens should be getting a better social security than residents who have a foreign passport.

The demand is part of the party's new immigration policy program.

The current social security system in Finland is based on residency and citizenship has not played a role at all.

A non-EU person gets Finnish social security if he or she has a Finnish residence permit, even one for a temporary nature.

EU citizens get Finnish health care with the EU health card and full Finnish security, if they choose to live and work in Finland.

The Sininen Tulevaisuus is a breakaway group from the Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) , a populist and nationalist-oriented Finnish political party. The Sininen Tulevaisuus´s popularity in current polls is around 1 percent, while the Perussuomalaiset is at the 10 percent level.