>The group first registered as a political party in 2022, but this was later deemed a “mistake” by the Justice Ministry and an [application was subsequently filed](https://yle.fi/a/74-20051480) by the ministry with the Supreme Administrative Court to remove the Blue-Black Movement from the register.
>This [request was granted](https://yle.fi/a/74-20085113) by the court in 2024, as it ruled the party’s programme was incompatible with constitutional and human rights law.
>However, the justice ministry’s Jääskeläinen told Yle earlier this month that the group’s rules and programme had been reviewed once again, and were “found to be acceptable”.
>The Blue-and-Black Movement was founded by a group of disgruntled former members of the Finns Party, who held strong ethnonationalist views. Their use of the blue and black colours is a homage to the Lapua Movement, a radical nationalist and fascist group that was active in Finland between 1929 and 1932.
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>The group first registered as a political party in 2022, but this was later deemed a “mistake” by the Justice Ministry and an [application was subsequently filed](https://yle.fi/a/74-20051480) by the ministry with the Supreme Administrative Court to remove the Blue-Black Movement from the register.
>This [request was granted](https://yle.fi/a/74-20085113) by the court in 2024, as it ruled the party’s programme was incompatible with constitutional and human rights law.
>However, the justice ministry’s Jääskeläinen told Yle earlier this month that the group’s rules and programme had been reviewed once again, and were “found to be acceptable”.
>The Blue-and-Black Movement was founded by a group of disgruntled former members of the Finns Party, who held strong ethnonationalist views. Their use of the blue and black colours is a homage to the Lapua Movement, a radical nationalist and fascist group that was active in Finland between 1929 and 1932.
Yet another pro-Putin party?