In , Finland will promote the circular economy, sustainable forestry and protection of the oceans. A part of the programme is also devoted to security, especially in the light of the actions taken by the Nordic countries during the corona crisis. Finland stresses that the Nordic Council wants a strong Nordic Region so that the countries are better prepared to face future crises and pandemics together.
The pandemic also plays a role in the section on a borderless Nordic Region. The Presidency states clearly that people and services must enjoy cross-border freedom of movement again after the pandemic. New and effective tools are needed to promote mobility, including joint plenary sessions of the Nordic governments. In the future, it will not be enough for the countries to draw up their own national strategies on various topics. A plan is also required for how to develop Nordic strategies, or at any rate for consultations with the other countries before national strategies are drawn up, the programme stipulates.
In addition, Finland points out that the Nordic Region has never held a convention on the future, similar to the EU convention, and proposes that one should be held, possibly during the Session of the Nordic Council in The Nordic Council is the official body for Nordic inter-parliamentary co-operation. Erkki Tuomioja och Lulu Ranne. Mail Facebook Linkedin Twitter Sign up to newsletter. Erkki Tuomioja has been elected as the new President of the Nordic Council.
Lulu Ranne has been elected Vice President. The pair both come from Finland, which holds the Presidency of the Nordic Council next year. He says that he wants to build on the continuity of Nordic co-operation. The Nordic model faces challenges The Finnish programme for the Presidency of the Nordic Council in highlights the Nordic welfare model as one of the most important Nordic achievements. Finland wants a strong Nordic Region Sustainability is a high priority in the programme.
Freedom of movement in the Nordic Region is important The pandemic also plays a role in the section on a borderless Nordic Region.
Contact information. Matts Lindqvist. Nordic Council Session A Presidential candidate may be nominated by a registered political party that has won at least one seat in Parliament in the immediately preceding Parliamentary election.
A candidate may also be nominated by a constituency association formed by at least 20, enfranchised citizens. The first round of balloting in the Presidential election takes place on the fourth Sunday of January in the election year. Otherwise, a second round of balloting is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round. The candidate who receives the most votes in the second round shall be confirmed as the President-elect. In the event of a tie, the election is resolved by casting lots.
The Government confirms the outcome of the election and performs the drawing of lots if necessary. If only one candidate is nominated in the election, he or she shall be confirmed as the President-elect without balloting. The President-elect takes office on the first day of the month following the election by making the following solemn declaration in the presence of Parliament:.
A President chosen in a premature election assumes office and makes the aforementioned declaration on the third day after being elected. The term of the President-elect begins, and the term of his or her predecessor ends, at the moment when the President-elect has made the solemn declaration.
From to , the President of the Republic was elected by indirect vote. First, electors in the and elections were elected by popular vote; these electors then elected the President, not being bound to any of the candidates running for the office. Indeed, there were no provisions in legislation at all concerning Presidential candidates. The President was chosen by electors in the elections of , , , , , , , , , , and In the , President Koivisto did not gain more than half of the popular vote, so the selection was left to the electors.
The present electoral procedure was enacted in and was first applied in the election. The electors elected in actually chose the President on three occasions — in the , and elections. Under the exceptional wartime circumstances in and , it was considered that an election to find new electors could not be held. Mannerheim, appointed President of the Republic by a special Act enacted by Parliament, made the solemn declaration of office in Parliament on 4 August
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