Pekka Haavisto MP told on Tuesday that the Greens would reduce the Finnish army's reserve from the current 350,000 to somewhere between 75,000 and 150,000 soldiers.

The generally accepted worst-case scenarios do not require so many reserves or conscription, according to Haavisto.

However, the Greens would keep the obligation to defend the nation in the Finnish constitution, this way the government could reintroduce conscription in crisis situations.

STT