Secretary General, dear colleagues, Last night we took another important step towards Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO. The trilateral memorandum we signed together with Türkiye opens the way for…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Finnish Defence Forces’ Flag Day parade in Helsinki on 4 June 2022
Esteemed war veterans and lottas, ladies and gentlemen, “Finland is a good country. It is the best for us Finns. It is a country worth defending, and its only defender…
President Niinistö’s statement in the White House following the discussions with the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Sweden on 19 May 2022
Mr. President, it is a great pleasure and honour to be standing here today together with you, together with the Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. We are here for a…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Swedish Parliament on 17 May 2022
Watch the speech at Swedish Parliament’s website (in Swedish) Your Majesties, Mr Speaker, Ladies and gentlemen! It is an honour to speak to you here at the Riksdag today. Sweden…
President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö’s speech at the Akava event “Employment through Wellbeing at Work” on 31 March 2022
Ladies and Gentlemen, These past two years have in many different ways put us to the test. But this period has also shown our ability to act flexibly in challenging…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the opening of Parliament on 2 February 2022
Mr Speaker, Honoured representatives of the Finnish nation, We live in a country cited as the happiest country in the world. And indeed, a lot of things are well here….
President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö’s New Year’s Speech on 1 January 2022
My fellow citizens, “My perhaps somewhat outdated understanding of the mutual relations between us people is that we need more good will, more willingness to understand one another and more…
Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Summit for Democracy, 9 December 2021
Mr President, Finland ranks high in every global index related to democracy. Finland’s democracy is built on a stable representative political system, well-functioning local governance, vibrant civil society, and low…
”The Case for a Stronger Europe in a Harder World” – Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Humboldt University, Berlin, 23 November 2021
Ladies and gentlemen, ”It will take twenty years before we arrive at a common foreign policy, let alone a common security policy, of the Europeans. But step by step we…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Körber Foundation Event “International Dialogue Revisited: The Spirit of Helsinki in an Age of Great-Power Competition”, 22 November 2021
President Steinmeier, dear Frank-Walter, Dr. Paulsen, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to begin by congratulating the Körber Foundation for the 60th anniversary of the Bergedorf Round Table format. President Steinmeier…