Finns Party overtakes Social Democrats in new poll by YLE

THE FINNS PARTY and the Social Democrats have swapped places as the second and third most popular political parties in Finland, reveals an opinion poll commissioned by YLE.

Support for the populist right-wing opposition party, the poll found, has jumped by 1.9 percentage points since late last year to 19.3 per cent, a half a point higher than support for the Social Democrats.