Finance Minister Petteri Orpo (left) and Prime Minister Juha Sipilä at a plenary session on Monday, 19 June 2017. The Finnish Prime Minister survived a confidence vote this Tuesday, with MPs backing him 104 to 85. With the dust still setting on a hectic two weeks in Finnish politics, Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will have been relieved to receive a vote of confidence in Parliament on Tuesday. As reported by Reuters, the government may also have to be wary of members of the upstart Blue Reform taking Ritva Elomaa’s lead and rejoining the Finns Party. Finland’s trial of a […]
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