She will step back. Beaten on Sunday in the general elections in Finland, outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced on Wednesday that she would leave the head of the Social Democratic Party in September to become a simple deputy, also sweeping away speculation about a big international post.
The 37-year-old leader, whose political future is the subject of speculation, “came to the conclusion [qu’elle] will not seek a new mandate as leader of the SDP at the next congress in September,” she said at a press conference. “I was not offered an international position. I will continue my work as a deputy, ”said the Social Democrat to journalists.
“My own endurance was tested”
Sanna Marin, although Finland’s most popular Prime Minister since the start of the 21st century, could only do better than a third place with her party in the elections on Sunday, where she was overtaken by the center-right and the party nationalist. “I will submit the government’s resignation tomorrow (Thursday),” she said.
Referring to the “great honor” of leading the government for three and a half years, the one who has become a recognized international figure during her mandate also entrusted “exceptionally difficult times”. “I honestly have to admit that my own stamina has been tested over the years,” she explained.
“I hope I will have a little calmer life, with these responsibilities behind me. “Her electoral defeat marked a halt to the rapid rise of the one who had become the youngest Prime Minister in the world at the end of 2019, at only 34 years old.
His very feminine government, his good management of the Covid-19 pandemic and Finland’s membership of NATO, as well as his firm positions vis-à-vis neighboring Russia on the war in Ukraine had turned the spotlight on a leader with a modern profile.