[Finance Minister Riikka] Purra’s conclusion was that the party would start focusing on communication and highlighting issues that were important to it more decisively than before.
Concerning the nosedive in opinion polls for the Perussuomalaiset (PS) and with three election setbacks behind them, it’s clear that the party is in crisis and will do everything possible to lure voters. Finland will hold its general election in April 2027.
One of these stunts was announced yesterday when Finance Minister Purra said that one billion euros would be cut from next year’s budget. For starters, the cuts would come from reducing development aid, ending the quota refugee system, and abolishing the National Board of Education.
Government partners like the National Coalition Party and the Swedish People’s Party have pushed back on Purra’s spending cuts.
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Apart from the above cuts, is it a coincidence that Purra’s face and hair are exceptionally white? It’s a bit like what MP Laura Huhtasaari did with makeup stressing with it her whiteness and white privilege.
Meanwhile, Matias Turkkila, the editor of the party’s newspaper, was named Purra’s special advisor. Is the announcmeent of the cuts a first example of how the PS plans to “improve communication.”
