New Alternative

The New Alternative (Finnish: Uusi vaihtoehto (uv), Swedish: Nytt alternativ (na)) is a parliamentary group in the Parliament of Finland. It was formed on 13 June 2017 by 20 members of the Finns Party who left the party's parliamentary group () after Jussi Halla-aho was chosen as the new party leader. Halla-aho received criticism both inside and outside of the Finns Party for his strict views on immigration. His election led to the mass exodus from the party. The group leader is Simon Elo. While Halla-aho's Finns Party was expelled from the Finnish government, the New Alternative continued as a member of the government coalition.

On 19 June 2017, Sampo Terho announced that a new party would be formed based on the New Alternative parliamentary group under the name Blue Reform.

On 22 June 2017, Ritva Elomaa left the group to re-join the Finns Party, after which the group had 19 members left. On 30 June 2017, Hanna Mäntylä left the Parliament to work for the Council of Europe and she was replaced by the substitute MP Matti Torvinen (the highest-placed non-elected True Finns candidate). Torvinen subsequently left the Finns Party and joined the New Alternative.

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