Outgoing Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin was left to consider her future after she conceded defeat in a tight parliamentary election on Sunday that handed her centre-right rival Petteri Orpo the right to try and form a coalition.
Finland's Prime Minister and Social Democrats leader Sanna Marin speaks during a news conference at the parliament on the day of the parliamentary elections, in Helsinki, Finland April 2, 2023. REUTERS/Essi LehtoHELSINKI, April 3 - Outgoing Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin was left to consider her future after shein a tight parliamentary election on Sunday that handed her centre-right rival Petteri Orpo the right to try and form a coalition.
"Orpo has two options: a right-wing government together with the Finns Party in which case he would struggle to find enough allies," said Emilia Palonen, a senior researcher in political science at the University of Helsinki. In turn, Marin's Social Democrats rallied voters to support them in their defence of the Nordic welfare model of cradle-to-grave services from free education and affordable healthcare to decent pensions, against Orpo's spending cuts.
"In the debates these parties' goals were very far apart from each other and that gives a challenging starting point for the coalition talks," he said.
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