Why Finland might save the EU anthem

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Our seventh proposal is interesting and it is Finlandia by Sibelius and it was written in 1899 as an act of resistance against Russian Imperial control and it was actually banned by the Russian authorities because it was so effective at stirring Finnish identity. The Russians understand the power of this anthem and maybe we should also since the European project is inherently anti-imperialist but we have to look at the fact that this is a Finnish nationalist song. However, honestly, I feel like everyone loves Finland so this might not be a problem. It might be one of the only countries in Europe that has no enemies. They're the happiest on Earth, they have the best president and no enemies. On my Discord server, for some reason under any post I make, people just spam the Finnish flag reaction and I'm saying this just to showcase how much people love Finland.

[00:00:59]So maybe picking this Finnish nationalist song is not a bad idea. So let's listen to part of it.

[00:01:06]>> [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> And yes, like you can hear, it's a very strong song. Our eighth proposal is the Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk.