Finland’s prime minister lost her reelection bid this weekend amid an extremely narrow three-way race largely centered on the economy. Here’s what you need to know about Sanna Marin’s loss, her successor and what that means for Finland’s place in Europe.
National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo is expected to become the country’s prime minister. In Finland, the winning party traditionally forms a coalition to obtain a majority. In this case, Orpo could lean toward the right and work with the Finns Party, or toward the center left.the election result a “great victory” and said his party would “start negotiating a government.
Teivainen said Orpo’s “gray public image” is a stark contrast to Marin’s, prompting some voters to consider him a more “serious” person to solve the nation’s economic woes. Teivainen noted Marin still remained popular in the country after four years — a rarity in Finnish politics. “She’s been more of an asset than a burden,” he said.
Orpo, who served as Finland’s finance minister from 2016 to 2019, has campaigned to prioritize the Finnish economy as the nation grapples with rising inflation and a cost-of-living crisis. “We want to put Finland’s economy in order,” his websiteThe Finns Party, which campaigned for a hard line on immigration and wants Finland to eventually leave the European Union, came second in Sunday’s election.
Orpo also had a message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: “go away from Ukraine because you will lose.”
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