Professor: Parties are fishing for votes by having candidates stand in both elections

A DEBATE HAS ERUPTED over the tendency of political parties to nominate the same candidate for election to both the Finnish Parliament and the European Parliament. The Left Alliance, in particular, has come under criticism for having its high-profile members stand as candidates in both elections. Merja Kyllönen (Left Alliance), who won a seat in the Finnish Parliament on Sunday, told Kainuun Sanomat before the elections that if she is elected to both parliaments she will return from Brussels to Helsinki.