Prime Minister Petteri Orpo talked at the summer meeting of the National Coalition’s ministerial group in Pori, Satakunta, on Thursday, 18 August 2023. Orpo denied the claim that his party has sacrificed its values at the economy’s altar. (Markku Ulander – Lehtikuva)
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PRIME MINISTER Petteri Orpo (NCP) has reiterated that his government intends to do its utmost to weed out racism and discrimination in Finland.
“In fact we’ll surely do more than any other government to date,” he was quoted saying at a meeting of the National Coalition in Pori, Satakunta, by YLE. “I’ll say this once more as prime minister and chairperson of the National Coalition: I condemn racism.”
Disagreements between the ruling parties have nonetheless emerged over how to fund the effort to combat racism and discrimination.
Jani Mäkelä, the chairperson of the Finns Party Parliamentary Group, stated on YLE A-studio on Wednesday that no new funding should be set aside for combating racism. Minister of Finance Riikka Purra (PS) similarly estimated recently that there is unlikely to be funding for the effort unless it is scraped together by abandoning certain “ineffective” projects.
Otto Andersson, the chairperson of the Swedish People’s Parliamentary Group, has contrastively emphasised the need to sufficiently fund the effort, according to YLE.
Orpo on Thursday assured that funding is available and will be set aside for the effort.
“The government will complement its statement [on promoting equality and non-discrimination] with an action plan that brings a concrete dimension to the statement. We’ll make sure that there are re
Source: www.helsinkitimes.fi
