Finland and NATO: Participation is everything – politics

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Kai Strittmatter, Helsinki / Espoo

There’s this one photo from March 8th where you can see the playmates just giving the story a nudge. They are ceremonially lined up in a reception room of the Finnish Parliament, six buddies from the gamer scene, handing over their initiative that would like to make Finland a member of NATO. Aleksi Salonen and Sampo Muhonen in shirt and jacket, the others a little more casual: one in a hoodie, the other in a tracksuit, a third in sports shorts. Their looks are a bit embarrassed, but also full of pride and expectation.

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