Opposition politicians have sharply criticised Finland’s decision to host the seminar in Helsinki, with MEP Li Andersson saying “such an event would be a major political scandal” anywhere else in Europe.
The Nordic countries may join the Bucharest Nine group of former Soviet or Warsaw Pact countries to form a Nato eastern flank bloc, reports the Finnish News Agency.
Most respondents said that Europe should reduce its technological dependence on China, even if this would slow climate action, according to the Sitra/Eva survey.
Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) in Helsinki on Thursday.