Awakening: Macron wins French election | In this way, the Commission’s coal duties would affect Finland

Incumbent president Emmanuel Macron won the French election, but the mandate may not be very strong. Above all, many French people voted Marine Le Pen against. Macron will soon face a new test in which support is weighed, writes Maria Tolsa, a foreign journalist following France.

Coal tariffs prepared by the EU Commission would significantly reduce imports of iron, steel and fertilizers to Finland from outside the EU. Still, coal duties would have a more positive effect on the Finnish economy than the EU average, according to a recent study by the Finnish Business Research Institute.

For example, the steel industry could increase its own market share in the EU.

Only the prelude to a long jupaka is pending, in which the Kittilä municipal government withdrew a request for an investigation into the dismissed CEO of Levi’s elevator company and reinstated him as CEO.

The University of Helsinki is ranked 120th in the comparison of the best universities in the world. This is the Center for World University Rankings comparison, which lists the top 2,000 out of 20,000 universities each year. The top three places were taken by U.S. universities Harvard, Massachusetts University of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University.

Earlier in the week, cooler air is still flowing from the north. The weather is also becoming more variable and rains are coming initially, especially in the north. On Monday, the rainfall area will spread from northern to Lapland. Rain will come as sleet as snow.