Opposition parties submit no confidence motion in government over growing state debt

Opposition files no-confidence motion over record state debt

Finland’s Centre Party, Social Democrats and Movement Now have filed a joint motion of no confidence in Petteri Orpo’s (NCP) government, accusing it of failing to curb the country’s rising debt and betraying promises to restore economic balance. The parties criticised the four-party ruling coalition for allowing public debt to reach record levels, despite pledging fiscal restraint when it took office in 2023.

In addition to the current need for saving, "one must now think about how such an excessive debt can be prevented in the future," says the governor of the state.

Opposition parties submit no confidence motion in government over growing state debt

The motion notes that Finland's level of state debt has ballooned even more during the current government's term in office.

A rare appeal from Purra to the opposition: "Not even a shred of honesty, not even a shred of understanding." Finance Minister Riikka Purra (PS) is today harshly criticizing the opposition parties that left the interim question on the government's debt policy. - Brazen! The opposition's debt talk is brazen. The blank paper left by Kepu in the government's deliberations was also more honest than the latest debt talk and the interim question based…