The National Coalition Party (Finnish: Kansallinen Kokoomus r.p., Kok.; Swedish: Samlingspartiet r.p., Saml.) is a liberal conservative political party in Finland founded in 1918.
The National Coalition Party is one of the three largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party and the True Finns. The party bases its politics on "individual freedom and responsibility, equality, Western democracy and economic system, humane principles and caring." The party is strongly pro-European and is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
Its vote share has been around 20% in parliamentary elections in the 1990s and 2000s. It won 50 out of 200 seats in the parliamentary elections of 2007 and gained an additional seat when Merikukka Forsius defected from the Green League in February 2008. In 2008 municipal elections, the National Coalition Party surpassed the Centre Party and became the most popular party.
The party has several political currents. In international affairs, the party has viewed the European Union in much more positive terms than any other party. It is also supportive of seeking membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The party wants to build "economically and politically stronger European Union, we envisage an EU that is a more effective and a more prominent actor in world politics".
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