Finnish Elections: Sanna Marin’s Future as PM Hangs in the Balance

Polls show support rising for conservative and right-wing parties

30 March 2023

Marco Németh

Marcin Król Fellow

This weekend, voters in Finland will decide if they want Sanna Marin to continue as the country’s leader. The politician has won domestic and international praise for her steadfast leadership, but economic troubles may be the deciding factor in the end.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin faces a tough test in parliamentary elections on Sunday despite winning praise at home and abroad for her straight-talking style, political leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and steadfast support for Ukraine.

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Marin, a 37-year-old Social Democrat, has become a global icon of feminist politics since taking over the post of prime minister in 2019, leading a cabinet in which five women from different parties held key ministerial posts.

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Marco Németh

Marcin Król Fellow

Marco is a Slovak journalist, focusing on EU policies, democracy, Central Europe and foreign affairs. He was the youngest and most passionate activist in the 2019 European elections. From 2020 he works with the Slovak newspaper Európske Noviny. When he was 15 years old he published his first book “Európa v Kocke” in which he explains how the EU works.

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