Annika Saarikkothe chairman of the center stated on Monday press release that the only conclusion from the election result – the party’s vote share drops by 2.5 percentage points to 11.3 percent and the number of seats from 8 to 23 – is that the party’s seat is in the opposition.
“Public support is needed for coalition cooperation and difficult decisions. We don’t have that at the moment,” he claimed, adding that the party would begin work to “restore trust” immediately.
Maria OhisaloThe chairman of the Greens yesterday said the party’s threshold to join the ruling coalition is “very high” after its share of the vote fell by 4.5 points and its number of seats from 7 to 13.
The result, he admitted, was a “massive defeat” for the Greens.
“We will not join a ruling coalition that cuts education, slows down actions to combat the climate crisis or biodiversity loss, or increases inequality. The Green Alliance refuses to greenwash the political decisions of such a government, he said press release.
The center, which excludes coalition cooperation, seems to reduce the probability of a right-wing government based on the cooperation of the coalition and the Basic Finns. The Christian Democratic Party’s five seats are not enough to guarantee a majority for the coalition, so it would require the support of the Swedish People’s Party.
Anna-Maja HenrikssonThe chairman of RKP has not directly ruled out cooperation with Perussuomallite, but stated that the party does not support a government pursuing policies based on the values of the Basic Finns.
Without the Greens, the coalition and the Social Democrats would need support from both the Swedish People’s Party and the Christian Democrats to get even a small majority of a few seats in parliament.
The Left Alliance and the National Coalition are widely believed to be too far apart to fit into the same ruling coalition.
Sari Essayahthe chairman of the christian democrats on monday outlined that the party wants the next government to implement major structural reforms in the labor market and the social security system.
Helsingin Sanomat on Monday reminded The center was also opposition-linked after the 2019 parliamentary elections, when it lost 18 of its 49 seats in parliament. Juha SipiläThe chairman of the center stated at the time that the party was “clearly going” to the opposition, but eventually took the finance minister’s portfolio in the five-party government coalition Antti Rinne (SDP).
Antti HäkkänenThe vice president of the coalition expressed on Monday that he hoped that all parties would participate in the coalition process, as he described the “serious situation” in Finland.
“We hope that all parties, including the center, will be open,” he said at YLE A-studio.
The process will officially begin when the new lawmakers begin work after Easter. Orpo, who is the leader of the largest party in the parliament, will be appointed speaker of the parliament on April 12, one day before the president opens the session of the parliament. Sauli Niinistö.
All parliamentary groups are expected to meet later next week to officially ask Orpo to start coalition negotiations. Experts expect the negotiations to be tense and last at least a couple of weeks.
Aleksi Teivainen – HT?
Source: The Nordic Page