The leader of Finland’s National Coalition, Petteri Orpo, responsible for leading the talks to form a government after his victory in the April 2 election, faces the sixth week of negotiations.
Although the talks began in early May, Orpo has been keen to play down the importance of the duration of the process.
Orpo, which aspires to succeed the Social Democrat Sanna Marin, is confident that it will be able to resolve the pending issues this month and move towards a new alliance with conservative overtones.
One of the pending doubts is the role to be played by the Party of Finns, second in the last elections.
Orpo has argued this Monday that the negotiations are not a speed race and has argued that the political scenario is now different and there is “a very difficult time”, with “exceptionally big” problems ranging from the war in Ukraine to the debt crisis or climate change, according to the YLE channel.
The dialogue will continue “as long as necessary”, the conservative leader told the press.
Until a new government is formed, Marin will remain acting prime minister.
However, she has already made it clear that she will step away from the political front line after realizing that her party would not be part of the future government coalition.
With information from LGI
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