The National Coalition Party, winner of Finland’s April election, this Sunday presented the ministers who will be part of the new executive branch, which observers consider to be the most right-wing government in decades.
After seven weeks of negotiations, the CPN on Friday announced an agreement with three other parties to form a governing coalition including the far-right and eurosceptic Party of Finns, which has a predominantly nationalist and anti-government agenda. .
According to the US news agency AP, there will be a total of 19 ministers in the new government, including the prime minister and leader of the CPN since 2016, Petteri Orpo, former minister of finance and interior, with eight of those in power leaving this party, the most important among conservatives.
Party vice president Elina Valtonen becomes foreign minister.
According to the coalition agreement, the second most voted party in the election, the Finnish Party, will have seven ministers, including the finance ministry, which will be occupied by party leader Riika Purra.
The four parties receive a comfortable majority of 108 in the Finnish parliament with 200 seats.
According to observers quoted by the AP, the government’s program prioritizes social, political and labor reforms and austerity over the next four years, seeking to significantly reduce the country’s public debt and adopting a crackdown on immigration, including a strengthening the rules for obtaining citizenship.
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is expected to appoint the new executive on Wednesday after the prime minister-elect wins the vote of confidence in parliament.
Source: DN
