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	 <title>Mrs. Päivi Räsänen, Party Leader: Speech at 50 Years Jubilee</title>
	 <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:06:00 +0300</pubDate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[Ladies and gentlemen!
Bishop of Helsinki Aimo T. Nikolainen asked one of the children in a Sunday school class who was the first person of the world. A little boy answered in a clear voice:”Kekkonen!” The bishop corrected: “No, the first person was Adam.” To this the boy retorted: “Well, yes, if...]]></description>
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	 <title>Reg Kennedy: Comment speech on Käsi kädessä -event</title>
	 <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:32:00 +0300</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kristillisdemokraatit.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/speeches.php?we_objectID=1444</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[Transcript of Reg Kennedy's talk at Käsi kädessä with Pentti Visanen, head of the Ulkomaalaisosasto, present.
The culture keeps foreigners out
I must say it was quite a surprise to meet a happy, smiling civil servant from the Ulkomaalaisosasto at Käsi kädessä – so very different from the people we...]]></description>
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	 <title>Peter Östman: A Christian-democratic view on family policy in Finland</title>
	 <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:14:00 +0300</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kristillisdemokraatit.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/speeches.php?we_objectID=847</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[Dear Friends – ladies and gentlemen! <BR><BR>It´s a great honor and pleasure for the Finnish Christian Democratic party to attend at your annual ECPM Congress here in Brussels’. My name is Peter Östman and I have the position as 1st Vice-Chairman in our Party. Since the Christian Democrats of Finland is...]]></description>
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	 <title>Merja Eräpolku: What are the distinct features of Christian-democracy?</title>
	 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:34:00 +0300</pubDate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[Christian Democracy: the third road in politics <BR><BR>In different countries, the CD parties have risen from the active work of citizens - not from an external ideological structure like for example the Socialist parties have. That is why they are all very different in their starting point, focus and...]]></description>
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	 <title>Merja Eräpolku: Women and democracy - experiences in the Finnish Parliament as a woman</title>
	 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[Merja Eräpolku <BR>Secretary General <BR>The Christian Democratic Parliamentary group <BR>The Parliament of Finland <BR><BR>17.11.2006 Tallinn <BR><BR>Women and democracy <BR>- experiences in the Finnish Parliament as a woman <BR><BR>Thank you for the opportunity to take part in this seminar. This year we celebrate a century of the...]]></description>
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	 <title>Chair Sari Essayah of the Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group at the Jubilee Session of the Eduskunta</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:55:00 +0300</pubDate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[A hundred years ago, autonomous Finland became a trailblazer for democracy by enacting a universal and equal franchise as well as full political rights for all citizens. A well-functioning multi-party system has been built to cater for citizen’s political activity. Broadly based government coalit...]]></description>
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	 <title>Party chairman Päivi Räsänen: "Adequate care of the elderly must be secured by legislation"</title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 09:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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	 <description><![CDATA[KD leader Päivi Räsänen speaks out for the elderly
<STRONG>"Adequate care of the elderly must be secured by legislation"</STRONG>
Opening the debate on a no-confidence motion against the government, the KD's chairman Päivi Räsänen made it very clear that there was an urgent need for all the elderly to get at least...]]></description>
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