The answers of those quizzed were clearly in line with their party affiliation.
The poll was carried out by the market research company Taloustutkimus. According to its research director Juha Rahkonen, the views of different parties’ supporters are rarely found to diverge as dramatically as in this poll.
Voters of the Swedish People’s Party, the Greens and the National Coalition Party were most in favour of supporting EU countries in financial difficulties. Up to 83 percent of Swedish People’s Party backers favoured Finland’s support for the crisis countries. In total, 47 percent of those interviewed for the poll were in favour of the EU support.
Voters of the True Finns Party, the Left Alliance and Christian Democratic Party were most in opposition to the EU support. Nearly nine out of 10 True Finns supporters are against it. In total, 39 percent of those interviewed were against the EU support.
A total of 1,415 people participated in the poll, which was carried out last Thursday and Friday with the help of an internet panel. The margin of error is 2.5 percentage points.
