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Coalition Open to Broad Tax Reform as It Sticks to Defence Spend Pledge
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Coalition open to broad tax reform as it sticks to defence spend pledge
The Coalition remains committed to its defence spending target of 3 per cent of gross domestic product by the end of the decade, as Shadow Finance Minister James Paterson suggested the opposition would be open to considering broader tax reform.
Sofia Virta was elected unopposed as the leader of the Greens for a second term. The Greens group leader criticized the government for meeting NATO's five percent demand.
Debate: The Prime Minister has made herself a spokesperson for the view that there is a need for armaments, first and foremost military armaments.
On Saturday, the Greens raised the issue of increasing defense spending for discussion.
A heated political debate has erupted over increasing defense spending. Oras Tynkkynen, the chairman of the Green parliamentary group, stated at the Green party conference in Hämeenlinna on Saturday that the government is increasing defense spending “hastily and on flimsy grounds.” “It is astonishing that we are suddenly tying the hands of not only the current government but also the next two governments in terms of spending money so lightly,” T…
“The parliamentary process has been quite lame so far,” says Antti Kaikkonen of the Center Party.
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