Amongst others,[3] these included land reform, state job creation work and unemployment schemes, state participation in the provision of housing-building schemes and compulsory sickness insurance pensions, legislation guaranteeing contracts, conditions of work and a minimum wage, and a progressive income and wealth tax to pay for this social reform programme.
As noted by one study, “The spirit of the NPP’s programme, in short, was clearly that of social liberalism.”[4] Later programmes adopted by the National Progressive Party contained a number of reformist proposals as well.
[5] Famous members of the party included Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg and Risto Ryti, the first and fifth Presidents of Finland, and Sakari Tuomioja.
A minority group including Sakari Tuomioja founded the Liberal League.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article related to a European Liberal party is a stub.