Editing Green League (section)

==Ideology and policies==
[[File:Vihreiden vaaliteltta Isolla Roballa.jpg|thumb|An election canvassing tent for the Greens on [[Iso Roobertinkatu]] in Helsinki in 2011.]]
[[File:Green League at Helsinki Pride 2023.jpg|thumb|Members of the Finnish Green League party at the [[Helsinki Pride]] 2023 parade.]]
The Green League is no longer a [[protest party]], nor an [[alternative movement]]. Some Green candidates reject classifying the party as either left-wing or right-wing. Economic opinions of the members range between left and right.<ref name="Mickelsson"/> However, members of the party on average place their party left of the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] and right of the [[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]].<ref>[http://www.om.fi/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application/pdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Length&blobheadervalue1=inline;%20filename=OMJU%202008%206%20Suomalaisten%20politiikkatiet%C3%A4mys%20164%20s.pdf&blobheadervalue2=848986&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1222680589362&ssbinary=true&SSURIapptype=BlobServer&SSURIcontainer=Default&SSURIsession=false&SSURIsscontext=Satellite%20Server Elo, Kimmo – Rapeli, Lauri (2008): ''Suomalaisten politiikkatietämys''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223181301/http://www.om.fi/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Length&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B%20filename%3DOMJU%202008%206%20Suomalaisten%20politiikkatiet%C3%A4mys%20164%20s.pdf&blobheadervalue2=848986&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1222680589362&ssbinary=true&SSURIapptype=BlobServer&SSURIcontainer=Default&SSURIsession=false&SSURIsscontext=Satellite%20Server |date=2012-02-23 }} Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja 2008:6.</ref>

The party is one of the strongest proponents for [[Same-sex marriage in Finland|same-sex marriage]]. The party is also distinct in its opposition against [[conscription in Finland|universal male conscription]] and wants to opt for a gender-neutral, selective version. The eventual goal of the Greens is voluntary military service.

In 2015, the party included [[universal basic income]] (UBI) as a proposal in their platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/vihreat-haluaa-560-euron-perustulon-kaikille/689577/|title=Vihreät haluaa 560 euron perustulon kaikille|work=Kaleva.fi|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> In February 2019, the party announced that it wanted to introduce a [[Euro|€]]300 universal basic income in the 2019 to 2023 parliamentary term, before transitioning to a [[Euro|€]]600 tax-free UBI during the following 2023 to 2027 parliamentary term.<ref>{{cite news |date= 8 February 2019 |title= Green League would introduce a €600 universal basic income by 2027 |url= https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/16181-green-league-would-introduce-a-600-universal-basic-income-by-2027.html |work= Helsinki Times |access-date= 17 August 2022}}</ref>

In the spring of 2018, the party proposed lowering the voting age to 15.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-27|title=Vihreiden puoluehallitus: Äänestysikäraja laskettava 15 vuoteen|url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000005696704.html|access-date=2021-03-08|website=Ilta-Sanomat|language=fi}}</ref>

The party stated in December 2018 that it supports investing €10 billion in Finland's railway infrastructure and improving rail connections in the country, including building high-speed rail connections.<ref>{{cite news |last= Teivainen |first= Aleksi |date= 14 December 2018 |title= Green League: Finland should invest €10bn in railway infrastructure |url= https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16031-green-league-finland-should-invest-10bn-in-railway-infrastructure.html |work= Helsinki Times |access-date= 26 November 2022 |publisher= Uusi Suomi}}</ref>

In September 2021, the party voted to pass an internal motion supporting the legalisation and regulation of cannabis in Finland. It thus became the first party in Finland's Parliament to publicly state support for cannabis being legalised in the country.<ref>{{cite news |last= Teivainen |first= Aleksi |date= 14 September 2021 |title= Green League faces opposition for motion to legalise cannabis |url= https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/19957-green-league-faces-opposition-for-motion-to-legalise-cannabis.html |work= Helsinki Times |access-date= 26 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 22 September 2021 |title= Green Party in Finland Calls for End of Prohibition |url= https://hightimes.com/news/green-party-in-finland-calls-for-end-of-prohibition/ |work= High Times |access-date= 26 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Verhelst |first= Koen |date= 1 October 2022 |title= Party in Finland's ruling coalition backs legalising cannabis |url= https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/01/party-in-finland-s-ruling-coalition-backs-legalising-cannabis |work= Euronews |access-date= 26 November 2022}}</ref>