Finland has the longest border with Russia of any EU member state.

Omissions

• Finland's border with Russia is also the longest such border of any NATO member state, not only the EU — a broader claim the MEP did not make but which is equally true.
• Border-length figures vary slightly between sources (1,340 km vs 1,346 km) due to differing measurement methods (land border only vs. including water boundaries).

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — DG REGIO, Communication on the Eastern Border (PDF)external land borders) – respectively 1 346 km for Finland, 340 km for Estonia, 453 km for Latvia
• SecondaryYle News (Finnish national broadcaster)Finland's border with Russia stretches to 1,340 kilometers, the longest frontier shared by any EU or Nato member nation with Russia.
• SecondaryDemócrata (citing border data)Russia and Finland share a border of 1,340 kilometers, the longest that Russia has with any country in the European Union or NATO.