the Finns have never really known what they are getting when they go and vote. Long there were three medium sized parties – the social democrats, the Centre party and the Coalition party (the Swedish Conservatives relative). Two of them sat always in the government, but never wanted to say before the election what they thought of compromising in the negotiations. Those who gained the power went automatically on a setback the next time. So appeared the nationalist true finns up and made koalitionsmatematiken even trickier.
On Sunday it’s time again. Hooray, says the citizens? Or possibly perkele. Participation in parliamentary elections tend not to be anything further.
But another consequence is that no one knows who to thank and, honestly, that sometimes it doesn’t happen much at all.
in 2015 sent the people away a mischmaschregering with button distress kept afloat through the financial crisis and cuts. The centre party, which was outside, was the big winner of the elections and its leader Juha Sipilä took over statsministerposten. He will be punished thus sharply this time, after a fairly valiant have attempted to control together with the Coalition party and the true finns.
Bank of partivimmel has been the extensive cooperation, and the relatively open mind. But another consequence is that no one knows who to thank and, honestly, that sometimes it doesn’t happen much at all.
the Term of office has been marked by the mastodontiska vårdreform that the government has tried and failed to push through. But this, the politicians indulged in 15 years. At least three coalitions have run into a wall in the forever ongoing femmilsloppet.
in the rich world, only surpassed by Japan and south Korea. The baby boom from post-war become old, but the birth rate can’t keep up, and immigration has been small. People are living longer is good, but it creates hardships for the sick and the elderly.
the Pension system, Finland has been pretty good, the care worse. The latest government snörde together a complicated package. The centre party wanted to protect their people in the rural areas and got a model similar to the Swedish county councils, but without the power of taxation. The coalition put the freedom of choice and private options.
The grand plans turned over under their own weight. A month before the election resigned Juha Sipilä, a slightly different political artifice.
of oppositionsrollen, and accordingly look out to be the biggest but without even reaching 20 percent. They have knipit a few points to tackle the shortcomings in the privatvården, but the party leader Antti Rinne has, as usual, speeded fast several bad. The coalition is marking time.
the True split of maktinnehavet, it became for many uncomfortable decisions. Timo Soini, formed their own and retained their ministerial posts, while the uninhibited xenophobic branch took care of the cast. The new party leader Jussi Halla-aho convicted for incitement to racial hatred, may be third or even second in the election. Flyktingvågen has shrunk to a trickle again, but the true finns have broadened their range with the klimatskepsis. A sparsely populated country always has a place for the yellow vests, and the message of the car as a human right strikes.
a modest role in this year’s election campaign. The growth is on the way down, but the crisis is not visible. Sooner or later, the demographic pressure response to the question of how resources should continue to be created.
the Safest tip on Sunday is that it ends up with a coalition government. Guess who’s attending is impossible, as well as the policies to be adopted. Perhaps the finns be happy if the puzzle adds a little bit faster than in Sweden.
