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Cereal offender? Probe on after reports suggest Finnish PM Sanna Marin claimed $365 breakfast bill per month (economictimes.indiatimes.com)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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American politics: "but her emails!"

Finnish politics: "but her breakfast bills!"

This is the hot button topic here that the news media is trying to desperately milk for headlines and clicks.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

Yep, as a Finn I can confirm that this headline is not a joke. It's not a parody.

This is actually happening here. People, like every single fucking person in this country, is thinking about this right now.

I'm afraid we're gonna have our full-on Trump moment soon. This is such a preamble to that.

[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Sorry to hear that.

I don't know anything about your politics, but am I reading it correctly that she's being pretty reasonable about this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Marin has been reasonable about this. This meal allowance is a normal policy for a prime minister living at the official residence, she didn't even ask for it. In a recent TV interview she just said "I have other things to do rather than deal with these kinds of things all day long". On Twitter she even had to debunk a rumor that her August 2020 wedding was paid by taxpayers!

I’m afraid we’re gonna have our full-on Trump moment soon. This is such a preamble to that.

It would require a victory in the next parliamentary election for the Rudimentary Finns Party, becoming the largest party.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

It would require a victory in the next parliamentary election for the Rudimentary Finns Party, becoming the largest party.

Which according to the polls might very well happen. It's still a few years away, though.

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