Finnish Prime Minister
Sanna Marin after party video: “I have no problem with a drug test”
Asks questions: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland.
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The Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, has to explain herself because of a party video. The representative of a coalition partner even brings a drug test into play – but Marin is relaxed about it.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has defended herself against allegations of drug use after the publication of a party video with her. “I haven’t taken any drugs, so I have no problem taking a drug test,” the 36-year-old politician told reporters in Helsinki. Videos had previously been shared online networks showing Marin partying with a group of people.
“Spent an evening with friends”
The videos are private, they were recorded in private places, Marin explained. “I spent an evening with friends,” she added. The head of government added that alcohol had been drunk at the party she attended – but denied having taken drugs or witnessed drug use by others.
Center Party MP Mikko Karna, one of Marin’s coalition partners, tweeted that it would be “wise” for Marin to voluntarily take a drug test.
Antti Lindtman, group leader of Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP), said at a conference of his party that the head of government has the support of his group. “I don’t see a big problem with her dancing at a private event with friends,” he said. As for a possible drug test, it’s up to Marin to “assess that,” Lindtman added.
Sanna Marin youngest head of government
Marin is the youngest prime minister in Finnish history. When she took office in 2019, she was the youngest head of government in the world at the age of 34. She had come under fire for parties held at her official residence before the video surfaced.
In December 2021 it became known that Marin had danced through the night even though she was in contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid-19. According to a poll commissioned by Finnish television channel MTV3 at the time, two-thirds of those polled believed that Marin’s partying outing was “a serious mistake”.