All Points North
All Points North
Yle Areena
Finland veers left -- and right: Finding consensus after a divisive election
59 minutes Posted Apr 17, 2019 at 3:00 pm.
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Sunday's general election exposed a deeply fragmented political landscape, with the result largely split between the populist right and the climate-friendly left. Voters united to repudiate the austerity politics of prime minister Juha Sipilä's Centre Party. How will the Social Democrats, who won by a narrow margin, stitch together a governing coalition and heal the divisions laid open by the vote? Sini Korpinen and Sam Kingsley join the show to untangle the threads.17 April / All Points North / Yle News