#SolidaritywithSanna
Women in Finland are posting party videos to support their Prime Minister
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin underwent a voluntary drug test after the allegations
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Obvious misconduct or a private matter? The party footage of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has sparked a debate in Finland. Your female voters show solidarity.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s party videos are still making waves. Not only Finland discusses the private recordings of the 36-year-olds. Pictures appeared on Thursday showing the politician celebrating and dancing with friends. The fact that the head of government likes to party and sometimes goes to clubs and festivals divides the minds of Finnish citizens.
Women from Finland stand behind Sanna Marin
“As head of government, she’s not a normal Finn who can party as she pleases. Certain expectations are attached to her job,” explains Ilkka Ahtiainen, editor-in-chief of the Finnish television channel mtv, of the criticism of Marin. in the starinterview he talks about the controversial debate about the politician. Many young Finns, on the other hand, are fans of the young prime minister. “They think it’s cool to have a prime minister partying and having fun, and they say, ‘It’s her free time, her private life,'” Ahtiainen said.
It is mainly women who support their prime minister. The hashtag “#SolidaritywithSanna” bears witness to this: Hundreds of Finnish women have shared videos of themselves in the past few days, on which they dance and celebrate just as uninhibitedly as the politician. There is also support from Germany. The Greens politician Hannah Neumann published a video from a Greens federal party conference several years ago, where she danced with Annalena Baerbock, among others.
politician’s judgment is the main problem
With the social media trend, women are taking up the accusations of sexism that resonate in the debate about Sanna Marin. Since she took office, young age and her gender have always been in the foreground. If there had been male politicians in the party video, it wouldn’t have caused a scandal, many social media users complain. However, Anu Koivunen, a professor of gender studies at Finland’s University of Turku, does not believe that gender is a decisive factor in the uproar.
Rather, it is about the judgment of the Prime Minister. According to his own statements, Marin relied on the pictures not being made public. The main problem, Koivunen says, is that she didn’t hold back in a society where she obviously couldn’t trust everyone. “The fact that she trusted the wrong people could still get on her feet,” agrees Ilkka Ahtiainen. With her behavior she could undermine her own credibility.
After allegations were made that the head of government had consumed alcohol and drugs at the party, the politician underwent a voluntary drug test. “I didn’t do anything illegal,” she repeatedly clarified.
Sources: “Editorial network Germany“, “The Guardians“, German press agency