The Finnish government has drifted into a crisis because the center has turned against the rest of the government in the reform of the Nature Conservation Act.
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However, Finnish domestic politics have been windy this past fall, and especially during the last week. The Finnish government is drifted into crisisbecause the center of the ruling party has turned against the rest of the government in the reform of the nature conservation law.
Chairman of Basic Finns Riikka Purra said that he considered the government’s bickering to be completely normal.
“I wouldn’t say that there is anything miraculous about politics. Whenever the parliamentary elections approach, the parties start to separate from each other,” said Purra.
To the Leader of the Opposition somewhat surprisingly, Purra said he hoped the government would stay together.
“I don’t think it’s worth hoping for the fall of the government at this stage anymore. The security political situation is such that it gives its own flavor. It is good that Finland has a functioning government in this situation.”
Another opposition leader, chairman of the coalition Petteri Orpo was on different lines with Purra.
“It seems to me that there is no functioning government in Finland. I wouldn’t shed tears over it if the government fell,” Orpo said.
The chairman of the coalition Petteri Orpo and his wife Niina Kanniainen-Orpo.
The coalition’s outgoing member of parliament Jaana Pelkonen said that he finds it very unfortunate that one government after another goes into crisis right before the elections.
“It seems to be more the rule than the exception. I would hope that a little more effort would be made together, so that we could get results in time.”
Kokoomos MP Jaana Pelkonen is leaving parliament.
Pelkonen said that he came to the party on the same trip with his friends who represent different parties in the parliament.
“It’s good to remember that a lot can be achieved across party lines. I personally talk a lot with people who are not involved in politics. There you can see the frustration with politicians’ nagging, when there are such big things going on in the world.”
Parliament will vote on the content of the Nature Conservation Act on Wednesday. Together with the opposition parties, the Center wants to remove sections of the law that concern endangered habitats. Together with the opposition parties, the center forms the majority of the parliament.
Member of Parliament of the ruling party Greens Iris Suomela said in Linna that he still hoped that the center would turn to the government’s position.
“We hope that tomorrow as many people as possible will turn to the side of nature conservation and Finnish nature. Nature is important to Finns and I have noticed that green is a popular color here in Linna this year,” said Suomela.
Suomela said that he is on good terms with the centrist representatives.
“We have a very good relationship, it’s not about that. It’s about the fact that political trust has been lost when the rules of the game have been acted against.”
Green MP Iiris Suomela and her husband Matti Parpala.
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