Christian Democratic Jubilee 2008 – 50 years as Salt in the Society

11.01.2008

The Christian Democrats in Finland was founded in 1958. The first happening of this Jubilee will be an Ideological Seminar February 2 in Helsinki. That is also going to be the start of Christian Democratic ideological courses called KD Academy and the start of a series of political programs in Radio Dei.

A seminar concerning the issues of children and youth will be on February 16 in Tampere, seminars will be arranged also elsewhere in the country. KD members of Parliament will visit several cities meeting people, discussing and having a cup of coffee with them.

KD members together with a large number of friends will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the party on April 26, at 2 p.m., the banquet will be at 6 p.m. in Helsinki.

The leader of Christian Democrats, Ms Päivi Räsänen, MP, says that “we have a jubilee, but we do not stay in the past, we are looking for the future. Our mission is now at least as important as it used to be 50 years ago. "     

- My dream is that we able to work for a society where the human value of every person is respected, the weakest are taken care of and the neighbourliness is flourishing. I hope that because of this jubilee we can stand up as a strong party in local communities. One of the basic principles of Christian Democracy is subsidiarity, the decisions should be made as close to the people as possible. In cities there are needed Christian Democratic decision makers who respect family and human values”, Ms Räsänen reminded.