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Ms Minna REIJONEN (Finland, ECPA)

Photo member

Representative
Member of Parliament
The Finns Party

Eduskunta
FI - 00102 - Helsinki
Finland

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates since 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 05/10/2019 to 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group from 24/06/2019 to 04/10/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 24/06/2019 Representative - Finland

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 24/06/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 13/09/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 13/09/2019 to 27/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2026 | 11:22:38 Studies show that young people are the most worried about climate change. However, I have often wondered why fears and worries about climate change seem to be especially strong among young people. In the news, on social media and in the speeches of politicians and influencers, the world is often presented in a very negative way. The world is on fire, rainforests are dying, glaciers will soon be gone, the oceans are polluted, the air is polluted, the soil is polluted and even living our... 30/09/2026 | 11:19:24 Dear colleagues, Media freedom is important, and it is something we should all protect. However, freedom also brings responsibility. It is important that the media remains reliable and truthful. False and clearly biased news can weaken people’s trust in the media. Unfortunately, it can also expose journalists and other media professionals to public criticism, harassment and pressure. Media outlets connected to political parties are a separate thing, but people can also be very critical of... 23/04/2026 | 17:47:26 Thank you, Mister Chair. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer the future, it is part of everyday life. AI is used to create texts, images, musics, and even write code. But what happens to copyright? Technology has developed faster than our laws, and only now are we starting to think about many problems related to AI. The basic idea of copyright is simple. It protects the creator of creative work and ensures they get credit and possibly payment for their work. AI challenges this idea. Who... 01/10/2025 | 13:26:12 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Mister President, dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur for this important and timely report. Freedom of opinion is an important value. A journalist´s job is to inform about things and events. Without journalists, we will not get accurate information about the horrors happening in Ukraine. International law and humanitarian law protect journalists in times of war. But what does Russian do? It disregards its own obligations... 09/04/2025 | 10:47:19 Mister President, dear colleagues, I would like to thank Mr Frank SCHWABE for this timely and important report. At a time when our European values of the rule of law and democracy are being questioned, we need to step up our efforts in defending what we stand for. Corruption is a disease that kills democracy. The Council of Europe and this Assembly have done a lot of work to improve our measures to counter corruption, but research shows that we are far from being free from corruption in our...

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