Monday, February 12, 2024

Things to know about Finland’s new ‘selfie’ president Alex Stubb (age 55)

Impressive! More Europeans vote right instead of left! Did he change his opinion about Russia since the invasion of the Ukraine?

"... Alex Stubb is from the liberal wing of his party: he’s pro-Europe, pro-marriage equality and avowedly internationalist. He’s served previously as party leader, prime minister and foreign minister, as well as having been an MEP in Brussels. He speaks Finnish, Swedish, English, French and German fluently. A keen sportsman - Stubb went to university in America on a golf scholarship ...
Stubb says he wants to be a president who can unify the country. That’s no small order when his party Kokoomus runs the coalition government with the far-right Finns ...
Alex Stubb has never been shy about using social media and is known for his love of selfies with supporters - especially the celebrity kind. ...
A 2018 tweet of Stubb with his “old friend and colleague” Sergei Lavrov has not aged well, and he’s apologised for saying people who wanted to block Russian investment in a Finnish nuclear power plant were “Russophobes.” ..."

Five things to know about Finland’s new ‘selfie’ president Alex Stubb | Euronews





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