Movement Now

{{Short description|Finnish political party}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox political party | name = Movement Now | native_name = {{native name|fi|Liike Nyt|italics=no}} {{native name|sv|Rörelse Nu|italics=no}}<ref>{{Cite web | title = Här är listan på alla som är med i Harkimos nya rörelse| work = Hufvudstadsbladet | date = 23 April 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/ny-politisk-rorelse-ser-dagens-ljus/ | language = sv}}</ref> | native_name_lang = fi | logo = Liike Nyt logo.svg | logo_size = 180 | colorcode = {{Political party data|color}} | abbreviation = MN Liik RN | chairperson = {{Political party data|chairperson}} | secretary = Petteri Redsven | founders = Harry Harkimo Mikael Jungner {{ill|Alex Nieminen|fi}} Helene Auramo Karoliina Kähönen Sarian Antila Tuomas Enbuske | leader1_title = Parliamentary group leader | leader1_name = Harry Harkimo | leader2_title = Deputy chair | leader2_name = Panu Peitsaro | leader3_title = | leader3_name = | leader4_title = | leader4_name = | leader5_title = | leader5_name = | founded = {{start date|df=yes|2018|04|18}} | legalised =  | dissolved =  | split = National Coalition Party | headquarters = Simonkatu 2B, 00100 Helsinki | youth_wing = {{ill|Liike Nyt Nuoret|fi}} | womens_wing = {{ill|Liikkeen Naiset|fi}} | wing1_title = | wing1 = | wing2_title = | wing2 = | wing3_title = | wing3 = | wing4_title = | wing4 = | membership_year = 2018 | membership = 8,000 | ideology = Economic liberalism Populism Pro-Europeanism<ref name="EE">{{cite web |url=https://europeelects.eu/finland/ |title=Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages: Finland |accessdate=22 April 2026 |publisher=Europe Elects}}</ref> | position = Centre-right<ref name="EE"></ref> | european = Five Star Direct Democracy (2019) | europarl = | colors = {{color box|{{Political party data|color}}|border=darkgray}} Fuchsia | seats1_title = Eduskunta | seats1 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} | seats2_title = European Parliament | seats2 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}} | seats3_title = Municipalities | seats3 = {{Composition bar|19|8586|hex={{Political party data|color}}}} | seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|4|1379|{{Political party data|color}}}} | seats4_title = County seats | website = {{Political party data|website}} | country = Finland }}

'''Movement Now''' ('''MN'''; {{langx|fi|Liike Nyt}} {{IPA|fi|ˈliːke nyt|}}, '''Liik'''; {{langx|sv|Rörelse Nu}}, '''RN''') is an economically liberal political party in Finland.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Tutkija löysi paradoksin Hjallis Harkimon liikkeestä: 'Saadaanko tavoitteella tismalleen päinvastainen lopputulos?' | last = Karkkola | first = Minna | work = Uusi Suomi | date = 7 May 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://www.uusisuomi.fi/kotimaa/248049-tutkija-jenni-karimaki-loysi-paradoksin-harry-hjallis-harkimon-liikkeesta-voi-kumota | language = fi}}</ref>

It was founded by then-National Coalition Party (NCP) member of parliament Harry Hjallis Harkimo and six other people as a political movement. The movement was registered as a party on 14 November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006307391.html|title=Liike NYT merkittiin puoluerekisteriin|date=14 November 2019}}</ref> It is positioned on the centre-right of the political spectrum.<ref name="EE"></ref>

==History== On 19 April 2018, member of parliament Harry Harkimo announced that he would resign from his party, the National Coalition Party. On 21 April, he announced that he had founded a political movement of his own called Movement Now.<ref>{{Cite web | title = NCP defector Harkimo co-founds new political movement – 'Not a party' | work = Yle Uutiset | date = 23 April 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/ncp_defector_harkimo_co-founds_new_political_movement__not_a_party/10171453}}</ref> The movement had been founded by him and seven others and registered with the {{ill|Finnish Patent and Registration Office|fi|Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus}} one day before Harkimo's resignation from the NCP.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Harkimo on perustamassa uutta yhdistystä: Liike Nyt ry:n tiedoista paljastuu kiinnostava nimi | last1 = Honkamaa |first1 = Antti | last2= Nykänen | first2 = Riika | work = Ilta-Sanomat | date = 19 April 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005648238.html | language = fi}}</ref> The seven founding members are Harkimo, former SDP party secretary Mikael Jungner, {{ill|Alex Nieminen|fi}}, Helene Auramo, Karoliina Kähönen, Sarian Antila, and Tuomas Enbuske.<ref name=savonsanomat>{{Cite web | title = Nimet julki: he ovat Liike Nytin taustalla | last = Räsänen | first = Jukka-Pekka | work = Savon Sanomat | date = 21 April 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://www.savonsanomat.fi/kotimaa/Nimet-julki-he-ovat-Liike-Nytin-taustalla/1186043 | language = fi}}</ref>

Harkimo subsequently formed a one-man parliamentary group,<ref name="demo_Hark">{{Cite web | title = Harkimo (liik) siirretään perussuomalaisten ja keskustan väliin takariviin | last = Ijäs | first = Johannes | work = Demokraatti | date = 27 April 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://demokraatti.fi/harkimo-liik-siirretaan-perussuomalaisten-ja-keskustan-valiin-takariviin/ | language = fi}}</ref> the {{ill|Movement Now parliamentary group|fi|Liike Nyt -eduskuntaryhmä}}, in the Parliament of Finland.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Members of Parliament | publisher = Parliament of Finland | date = 3 May 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/Pages/default.aspx }}</ref> On 21 January 2019, an MP of the Blue Reform and former Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Maria Lohela announced that she would leave the Blue Reform in order to join Liike Nyt's parliamentary group.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10606236 | title=Kansanedustaja Maria Lohela loikkaa sinisistä Harkimon Liike Nytiin – sote-uudistus vaarassa kaatua |publisher=Yle |date=21 January 2019 |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> In addition to the Parliament, the movement has gained members in municipalities. The group Parempi Heinola in the city assembly of Heinola joined Liike Nyt. With its eight members out of a total of 43, the movement is the largest in Heinola.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Parempi Heinola -yhdistys mukaan Liike Nytiin – Harkimon mukaan kiinnostusta on muuallakin, kuten Kärkölässä | last = Nieminen | first = Janne | work = Etelä-Suomen Sanomat | date = 14 June 2018 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://www.ess.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/art2465242 | language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Valtuusto | publisher = City of Heinola | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url = https://www.heinola.fi/valtuusto | language = fi}}</ref> A similar association with the Uusi Jämsä group of Jämsä was agreed upon in August 2018. Uusi Jämsä was the third largest group in the city council when joining the movement with its six members.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Harkimo kaappasi jo toisen valtuustoryhmän maakunnasta – Uusi Jämsä liittyy Liike Nytiin | publisher= Yle | date = 20 August 2018 | access-date = 20 August 2018 | url = https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10352096 | language = fi}}</ref>

In the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election, Harkimo was elected to the parliament as the sole representative from Movement Now.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Pienryhmistä ei eduskuntaan mennä, poikkeuksena vain Hjallis Harkimo | work= Ilta-Sanomat | date = 15 April 2019 | access-date = 15 April 2019 | url = https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006072537.html | language = fi}}</ref> 115 candidates stood for election, short of the movement's target of 150.<ref name=uusisuomi/> Besides Harkimo, candidates included another founder of the party Auramo, and the former's {{ill|Parliamentary assistant (Finland)|fi|Eduskunta-avustaja|lt=parliamentary assistant}} Mirita Saxberg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liike Nyt asetti ensimmäiset ehdokkaansa eduskuntavaaleihin |last1=Vartiainen |first1=Niko |last2=Nalbantoglu |first2=Minna |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=7 January 2019 |access-date=14 March 2019 |url= https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000005957742.html |language=fi }}</ref> Because the movement was not a registered party, each of its candidates had to gather signatures of at least 100 voters to form a {{ill|Constituency association (Finland)|fi|Valitsijayhdistys|lt=constituency association}}.<ref name=uusisuomi>{{Cite web |title=Liike Nyt jäi tavoitteestaan – ei saanut kasaan 150 ehdokasta eduskuntavaaleihin |work=Uusi Suomi |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=14 March 2019 |url= https://www.uusisuomi.fi/kotimaa/273894-liike-nyt-jai-tavoitteestaan-ei-saanut-kasaan-150-ehdokasta-eduskuntavaaleihin |language=fi }}</ref> The party used controversial microtargeting in its campaign advertising.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trumpin valinnan ja brexitin ratkaisi osin somessa tehtävä mikrotargetointi – Suomessa kaksi puoluetta tekee samaa |last=Mansikka |first=Ossi |work=Nyt |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=14 March 2019 |url= https://www.hs.fi/nyt/art-2000006034347.html |language=fi }}</ref>

In June 2019, Harkimo announced that the Movement Now would start collecting signed support cards in order to become a registered political party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harkimon Liike Nyt aikoo rekisteröityä puolueeksi – "Jouduin nöyrtymään" |publisher=Yle |date=20 June 2019 |access-date=21 September 2019 |url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10840730 |language=fi }}</ref> The Ministry of Justice announced on 14 November 2019 that Movement Now had been registered as a political party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liike Nyt merkittiin puoluerekisteriin |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=3 December 2019 |url= https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006307391.html |language=fi }}</ref>

== Political stances == [[File:Hallituksen ja eduskuntapuolueiden keskustelu tänään Säätytalossa koronavirustilanteesta 13.3.2020 (49652341571).jpg|thumb|Hjallis Harkimo is the founder and chairperson of the party.|300x300px]] {{Multiple issues|section=yes| {{More citations needed section|date=June 2021|talk=Untitled}} }} Thirty core principles were agreed upon by members. Besides these, candidates are not aligned ideologically with the group and are allowed to take independent stances on local issues. Election themes include Baltic Sea clean up and social security for entrepreneurs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/movement_now_announces_parliamentary_election_bid/10526442|title=Movement Now announces parliamentary election bid|website=Yle Uutiset|date=26 November 2018 |language=en|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

The party defends generally liberal policies. In economics, it supports reducing the corporate tax and what they see as unnecessary regulations on businesses, and in social policy, the party defends legalizing the sale of alcohol in grocery stores.

In international policy, although the party believes that the European Union has been beneficial for Finland in many respects, the Euro currency has not, and that the debt and migration crises, along with Brexit, has forced the EU to reconsider in which areas Brussels is needed and where it is not. The party opposes a European State.

It also supports achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, instead of the Marin government's target of 2035, believing the latter to be unrealistic. The party also supports nuclear power.

The party believes in expanding private health care as a way of reducing queues in public health facilities.

It also believes that Finland should adopt a national D visa entitling skilled migrants to work while at the same time keeping out migrants who would be a burden on society. The party also advocates reforming the asylum system and mandating that immigrants should be integrated so that they become part of Finnish society, and that employment plans should be drawn up for all immigrants over the age of 18. It also believes that all incoming immigrants should prove that they will be active members in Finnish society, and that those who provide false information or committed serious crimes such as terrorism should be deported.

The main six principles of the party are:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liikkeen kuusi perusperiaatetta|url=https://liikenyt.fi/liikkeen-kuusi-perusperiaatetta/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Liike Nyt|language=fi}}</ref>

# Everybody should be taken care of # A free market is a good way to develop society, if its rules are fair # Climate change is real and decisions must be taken in an environmentally sustainable manner # Entrepreneurship is the most effective way to do things if given space # Valuing the individual # Pro-Europeanism

==Election results==

===Parliament of Finland===

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{| class=wikitable |- ! Election ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/- ! Government |- ! 2019 | 69,427 | 2.25 | {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Movement Now}}}} | New | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2023 | 74,962 | 2.42 | {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Movement Now}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no2|Opposition}} |}

=== European Parliament === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Election ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! EP Group |- ! 2024 | 9,641 | 0.53 (#10) | {{Composition bar|0|15|{{party color|Movement Now}}}} | New | – |}

===Municipal elections=== {| class="wikitable" ! Election ! Councillors ! Votes ! % |- ! 2021 | style="text-align:center;"| 49 | 38,943 | 1.6 |- ! 2025 | style="text-align:center;"| 19 | 10,481 | 0.4 |}

===Presidential elections=== {| class=wikitable |- ! rowspan=2|Election ! rowspan=2|Candidate ! colspan=2|1st round ! colspan=2|2nd round ! rowspan=2|Result |- ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % |- ! 2024 | Hjallis Harkimo | 17,013 | 0.5 (#9) | colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"| | {{Lost}} |- |}

==Organization== The party's headquarters are on Abrahaminkatu in Helsinki.<ref name=hq/> The party has about 8,000 members,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Välimaa|first=Mikko|date=25 April 2018|title=Harkimon ja Jungnerin Liike Nyt houkutellut liki 7 700 ihmistä – 'Haemme nyt aktiiveja Helsingin ulkopuolelle'|url=https://www.helsinginuutiset.fi/artikkeli/638324-harkimon-ja-jungnerin-liike-nyt-houkutellut-liki-7-700-ihmista-haemme-nyt-aktiiveja|access-date=29 June 2018|work=Helsingin Uutiset|language=fi}}</ref> and employs four people full-time.<ref name=hq>{{Cite web | title = Liike Nyt on hankkinut toimiston ja työntekijöitä, ensi viikolla julkaistaan toisen nettiäänestyksen tulokset – siinä saattaa myös ratketa Harry Harkimon sote-kanta | last = Lohilahti | first = Oona | work = Helsingin Sanomat | date = 7 July 2018 | access-date = 30 July 2018 | url = https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000005747917.html | language = fi }}</ref> The chairperson of the party is Harry Harkimo.<ref name=savonsanomat/>

==Notes== {{Notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book|last=Harkimo|first=Hjallis|title=Suoraan sanottuna|year=2018|publisher=WSOY|location=Helsinki|language=fi|isbn=9789510436479}}

==External links== *{{Official website}} {{in lang|fi}} {{Finnish political parties}} {{Portal bar|Finland|Liberalism}}

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