Speaking on YLE´s news discussion programme Maailmannäyttämöllä, he said that EU membership was the most vital decision in bolstering Finland's security.
According to Hägglund, the significance of joining NATO has diminished with each passing year.
He added that nowadays NATO focuses predominantly on crisis management in distant countries. Therefore, according to Hägglund, NATO membership could weaken Finnish interest in national defence.
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Average response times ranged from five minutes in Helsinki to 71 minutes in Savukoski, Lapland.
Authorities believe members of a banned fascist group joined another march after their own event was blocked.
Centre chair Katri Kulmuni is to become finance minister while Mika Lintilä moves over to economic affairs.
The current Minister for Transport and Communications will also be Finland's youngest ever PM.
The nation's youngest PM grabs the headlines, but there is also a ministerial comeback as 100,000 go on strike.
