The leader of the Finnish Conservative Party and prime ministerial candidate Petteri Orpo announced on Thursday that he had reached a coalition agreement with three other parties, including the far-right party, following parliamentary elections in April.
“I am proud of the good program and the outcome of the negotiations. All questions have been clarified,” Petteri Orpo told the press in Helsinki, in the presence of the leaders of the other three parties.
The conservative leader said he would rule alongside Finland’s far-right to “bring order” to the country after signing a governing coalition with the Finns Party, the far-right formation that came second in parliamentary elections alongside two other minor right-wing parties. parties.
The four parties have 108 of the 200 seats in parliament.
Petteri Orpo, whose main election promise was a €6 billion savings plan, said he would present his program on Friday.
The right already ruled the country with the Party of Finns (formerly True Finns) between 2015 and 2017, the date of a split in the eurosceptic formation that resulted in a harder line.
The party won a record 20.1% of the vote in the April 2 parliamentary elections.
Source: DN
