Finland prepares for runoff presidential election on Sunday

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(9 Feb 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Helsinki - 27 January 2024 1. Various city scenes ASSOCIATED PRESS Vantaa - 27 January 2024 2. Various of independent presidential candidate and former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto speaking at campaign event ASSOCIATED PRESS Espoo - 28 January 2024 3. Various of National Coalition presidential candidate Alexander Stubb at polling station ASSOCIATED PRESS Helsinki - 8 February 2024 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Juhana Aunesluoma, Professor of political history at University of Helsinki: To a certain degree, it's a difference of style and perhaps a little bit of taste as well. They represent very.... They have very similar positions when it comes to the key issues. How much Finland should invest in defence? How tough it should be with Russia? ie. quite tough. What to do with Ukraine? How to support it and so forth on. But perhaps the differences are on the level of values. ASSOCIATED PRESS Helsinki - 28 January 2024 5. Various of people registering and voting at polling station ASSOCIATED PRESS Helsinki - 8 February 2024 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Juhana Aunesluoma, Professor of political history at University of Helsinki: Pekka Haavisto has perhaps a more globalist background and ideological setup, he's been one of the founding members of the Green Party in Finland. So, for example, environmental issues are very high on his agenda as are questions of of, of global justice and things like that. Whereas Alexander Stubb, a very pro EU, pro NATO, Western minded politician, but perhaps, a more trans-Atlanticist in his ideological views. ASSOCIATED PRESS Helsinki - 28 January 2024 7. Various of people registering at polling station ASSOCIATED PRESS Helsinki - 8 February 2024 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Juhana Aunesluoma, Professor of political history at University of Helsinki: Some people will make their minds up on Saturday, perhaps even Sunday, on the election day. So they are campaigning very actively to the end. But it's unlikely that any new openings, things will be visible in the last few days. What makes the situation exciting is that the gap between them has been narrowing. And clearly, clearly, both camps have seen, the temperature in the campaign is going up a notch, but overall it has remained very civilised and very well mannered. ASSOCIATED PRESS Helsinki - 28 January 2024 9. Various of people registering at polling station STORYLINE: Finns will choose on Sunday between two experienced politicians to be their next head of state, whose main task will be to steer the Nordic country’s foreign and security policy now that it is a member of NATO, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, on the centre right, and former foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, from the green left, largely agree on Finland’s foreign policy and security priorities. These include maintaining a hard line toward Moscow and Russia’s current leadership, strengthening security ties with Washington, and the need to help Ukraine both militarily and at a civilian level. In the last days of campaigning, however, tiny differences in style and approach between the candidates have emerged.  Stubb and Haavisto differ in their stance on the hypothetical question of whether Finland, a NATO newcomer, would allow the transportation of the alliance’s nuclear weapons through its territory. A brief look at a map shows why foreign and security policy are so important in this northern European country of 5.6 million people: Finland shares a 1,340-kilometer (832-mile) border with Russia.  Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/123e82dabf264296b6f65660dc3731e5

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