the left. Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland. Lasse Lehtinen, former Member of Parliament, former Member of European Parliament. Eero Heinäluoma, Speaker of the Parliament of Finland. Liisa Jaakonsaari, Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Labour. Centre Party Declined to run: The following persons were mentioned in speculation, but none of them signed up for the party's primary by the deadline 9 September. Paavo Väyrynen was the only announced candidate and thus a primary was not needed. Esko Aho, former Prime Minister. Christoffer Taxell, former Minister of Justice and former Minister of Education, was proposed as a possible joint candidate of the Centre Party and the Swedish People's Party. Paula Lehtomäki, Member of Parliament, former Minister of the Environment, former Minister for Foreign Trade and Development. Matti Vanhanen, former Prime Minister. Mari Kiviniemi, party leader, former Prime Minister. Seppo Kääriäinen, Member of Parliament, former Minister of Defence, former Minister of Trade and Industry. Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Member of European Parliament, former Prime Minister Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs. Jorma Ollila, Chairman of Nokia and Royal Dutch Shell, was proposed as a possible joint candidate of the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party by Professor Erkki Laatikainen. Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, former Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Swedish People's Party Declined to run: Christoffer Taxell, former Minister of Justice and former Minister of Education, was proposed as a possible joint candidate of the Swedish People's Party and the Centre Party. Other parties Terttu Savola, party leader and a member of Espoo City Council, was a proposed candidate of For the Poor. Failed to collect the 20,000 signatures needed for a minor party candidate. Harri Kivistö, party secretary, was endorsed by the Pirate Party, but the party withdrew from the race, citing "stiff bureaucracy" the party encountered as the reason. Campaign According to political analysts Salla Laaksonen and Kimmo Elo, the main dividing line between the presidential candidates in this election is not the traditional division over ideology, but instead voters are placing more stress on a candidate's views on the EU and social issues. Professor Leif Åberg has described the campaign as "relatively civil," but there have been a few accusations of negative campaigning. Some of Pekka Haavisto's supporters felt offended over a television advert by the Paavo Väyrynen campaign which says that "a house needs a master and a mistress." Haavisto's supporters interpreted this