After seven weeks of negotiations, four parties have agreed to form a government in Finland.
But Göran Djupsund, professor emeritus in political science, is not convinced that the government will last the term of office.
– I don’t see it as likely that it will last a full four years, he says to TT.
The Union Party, the True Finns, the Christian Democrats and the Swedish People’s Party presented their government program on Friday, “A strong and committed Finland”.
The agreement has required long and sometimes tough negotiations, where above all the Swedish People’s Party has been far from the other parties in matters related to migration policy, among other things.
Göran Djupsund, who is professor emeritus at Finland’s Turku Academy, sees the two largest parties in the constellation, the Coalition Party and the True Finns, as the big winners in the negotiations.
– This means a paradigm shift and a clear shift to the right towards more nationalism. True Finns have also taken a step to the right in their economic policy, he says.
The negotiations, which have been going on since April, have been unusually long in a Finnish context. Göran Djupsund sees risks that the government will crack prematurely.
– My main impression is that a very detailed government program has now been drawn up, after exceptionally long negotiations. To me it shows that there is no internal trust between the parties. It has been necessary to go down to a deep level of detail in order not to end up in major interpretation difficulties later on, he says.
– If there is a surprising problem, which the parties have not negotiated, then this government will have big problems.