the center right wins the legislative elections and must replace outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin

The centre-right leader won the general elections in Finland and is to replace outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin. “It’s a great victory”launched Petteri Orpo, a 53-year-old former minister, on Sunday April 2. “We are going to start negotiations for a government in Finland”, said the one who now has the possibility of forging an alliance to the left with Sanna Marin, or with the Party of Finns, anti-immigration and eurosceptic. According to almost final results involving more than 98% of the vote, the National Coalition party came out on top with 48 of the 200 seats in Parliament, ahead of the Party of Finns (46) and the Social Democrats (43).

The extreme right could thus enter the government of this Nordic country of 5.5 million inhabitants. Greeted with cries of “Finland! Finland!”the leader of the Party of Finns, Riikka Purra, congratulated herself in front of her supporters of the “best election result” of the history of the nationalist party.

Sanna Marin had gained worldwide notoriety

Despite progress from the 2019 elections, Sanna Marin admitted defeat. “Congratulations to the winner of the elections, congratulations to the National Coalition, congratulations to the Party of Finns, democracy has spoken”did she say.

Popular abroad as in Finland, Sanna Marin has established herself as a “rock star” Prime Minister, but she is more divided in her country, where she has been criticized on the state of public finances and inflation. The youngest head of government in the world when she came to power at the end of 2019, she was however hailed for her good management of the Covid-19 pandemic and the process of joining NATO, and for her positions. against neighboring Russia.