The Reform Group () was a political party in Finland between 1998 and 2001.
History The party first contested national elections in 1999,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p612 when they received 1% of the vote in the parliamentary elections, winning a single seat.Nohlen & Stöver, p621 In the presidential elections the following year, the party nominated Risto Kuisma as their candidate. However, he received just 0.6% of the vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p632
The party did not contest any further national elections.
Ideology The party's mission statement was "to build a just society". It aimed to achieve full employment through a job guarantee. It also called for reductions in income taxes, especially on low income taxpayers, making society "family-centered", and animal welfare.
See also List of Social Democratic Party (Finland) breakaway parties
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