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| seats2_title = European Parliament | seats2 = | seats3_title = Municipalities | seats3 = | colours = Blue | website = | country = Finland }} The National Coalition Party ((フィンランド語:Kansallinen Kokoomus), ; (スウェーデン語:Samlingspartiet), ) is a liberal〔 and conservative political party in Finland. Founded in 1918, the National Coalition Party is one of the four largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party, the Finns Party and the Centre Party. The party bases its politics on "individual freedom and responsibility, equality, Western democracy and economic system, humane principles and caring."〔Official website (2007): (''Tätä on Kokoomus'' ).〕 The party is strongly pro-European and is a member of the European People's Party (EPP). Its vote share has been around 20% in parliamentary elections in the 1990s and 2000s. It won 44 out of 200 seats in the parliamentary elections of 2011, becoming the largest party in the Finnish parliament for the first time in its history. On the municipal level, it became the most popular party in 2008 and has retained that position. In the 2015 election the NCP lost its status as the country's largest party, as they finished second in votes and third in seats. Regardless, the party again joined the government coalition. Its voters are predominantly urban, while in rural regions its performance is relatively weak. The current leader is Alexander Stubb, elected on 14 June 2014. ==Program and supporters== According to its platform the National Coalition Party wants to build "a society where a person’s own choices, hopes, and needs set the direction for national development."〔(Official website ) in June 2009〕 The party defends "individual freedom, and promotes people’s opportunities to make choices, but without ignoring everyone’s responsibility for their own life, others, and the environment. Our ideology combines freedom with responsibility, democracy, and equality".〔 The party's basic values are education, tolerance, rewarding and caring.〔 Individuals' freedom to think and act independently and minorities' rights are core matters to the party.〔 According to the history section of the official website the platform has been shaped by ideas of conservatism, liberalism and social reform, which have all contributed to the current ideology. Alexander Stubb has described the party's policies as "unambiguously liberal".〔''"Kyllä se linja, jota meidän puolueen puheenjohtaja Jyrki Katainen vetää, on yksiselitteisen liberaali. Se panostaa monikulttuurisuuteen, suhtautuu myönteisesti maahanmuuttoon ja ylipäätään kansainvälisyyteen"'' ("The policy led by our party's chairman Jyrki Katainen is unambiguously liberal. It invests in multiculturalism, takes a positive attitude toward immigration and toward internationalism in general.") Interview of Alexander Stubb, then Foreign Minister. YLE TV 1: ''Puolueet koolla: Kokoomus.'' Aired 12 June 2010.〕 In 2010 the party congress voted in favour of supporting same-sex marriage. In international affairs, the party and its voter base strongly believe in the benefits of the European Union and European integration. The party wants to build an "economically and politically stronger European Union, we envisage an EU that is a more effective and a more prominent actor in world politics".〔 The party advocates a membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The party is one of the most supportive parties regarding work-based immigration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Comparative European Politics )〕 The party has long supported initiatives of allowing shops and restaurants to serve customers on Sundays.〔TNS: Kauppojen aukiolotutkimus 9/2008〕〔Suomen Kuvalehti: Kauppojen aukiolo: Monen kansanedustajan mieli muuttui (November 18, 2009)〕 Polls show that as of 2008, the National Coalition Party is the party that has been viewed most positively by Finns〔(Tutkimus: Kokoomus saa puolueista eniten myönteisyyttä ). Uusi Suomi. 18.9.2008〕 and its membership has been on the rise. Out of the major parties, the National Coalition Party has the highest proportion of women (2005 statistics)〔(HS: Suurissa puolueissa miesenemmistö ) Turun Sanomat 18.9.2005〕 and is the most favored party among young generations.〔(Kokoomus ja vihreät kirivät nuorten suosioon ) 〕 The party has the strongest support in the cities of Southern Finland and is popular among entrepreneurs, although does not associate with any particular social group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Coalition Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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