The economy is in crisis, but Petteri Orpo's Coalition Party used the entire first day of the budget debate to virtue signal. Why? Because Keskisarja said that some immigrants are expensive for Finland. As a Coalition Party voter (🤬), I'll list Orpo's top 10 most leftist actions: 🧵👇
1. Anti-racism statement 2023 The government brought a showy “against racism” statement to parliament and promised money and resources for civil servants’ programs. There are no measurable benefits, but the virtue signal was important. More important than debt, healthcare, or fixing YEL. Morality theater with tax money.
2. Gaza Children to Finland Report 2025 Orpo flashed the possibility of bringing Gaza children to Finland for hospital treatment. An expensive and logistically difficult gesture that will not solve any problems in Gaza. However, the message is clear: the government wants to be profiled as “virtuous”, even though the taxpayer will foot the bill again.
3. Return of UNRWA funding in 2024 The Orpo government returned the annual 5 million euro support to the UN agency UNRWA, which has been criticized by several Western countries for abuses and links to Hamas. Finland pays because the government wants to be “humanitarian”. Benefit to Finland: zero.
4. EU 2040 climate target 2025 Finland committed to the EU Commission's line of 90% emission reduction by 2040. For industry and households, this means huge additional costs and a loss of competitiveness. However, the Coalition Party celebrates "climate leadership". Show politics at a high price.
5. Green Climate Fund 2024 Finland continues to pay millions to the developing countries' climate fund. The money goes to the world without any guarantee of the effects on emissions. It's about virtue signaling: Orpo gets to represent himself as virtuous at international meetings, even though a Finn pays.
7. Council of Europe Ukraine Programme 2024 The government allocated 4 million euros to a programme that focuses on gender equality and inclusion in Ukraine. Symbolic value funding that will not change the war or help the Finnish economy.
8. Additional funding for welfare areas in 2025 Welfare areas are already infamous, but the Orpo government decided to increase their funding by 1.6 billion euros and promised further revisions. They talk about savings, but money is being poured into administration. This is classic left-wing politics with the Coalition Government logo.
9. Nature Degradation Restoration Regulation 2024 In the EU Parliament, the Coalition Party MEPs voted in favor of the regulation along with the Left. It means billions in costs for forest owners and municipalities. Why? Because the green image weighed more than the national interest. Virtue is more important than Finnish property rights.
10. BONUS from previous periods, i.e. the Coalition's EU aid package history: • Greek aid packages 2010–2015: billion-dollar liabilities, "necessary" even though they were opposed in election speeches. • EU recovery instrument 2021: Finland pays over €7 billion, receives €2.6 billion. Pure EU solidarity. The Coalition has been consistently with the left in sharing Finns' money for a long time.
Share the first post in this thread if you too are looking for REAL actions and not moral posturing:
Let's add that there is a lot of quality in the Coalition, like @MartinPaasi @TereSammallahti @AtteKaleva @MikaelJungner and sometimes @ER_Korhola. I just feel like you are getting wasted in the Coalition.