Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin gets flack for partying
No wonder NATO leaders are inviting Finland to join the club.
Video of the northern European nation’s 36-year-old prime minister partying has gone viral on social media, drawing both praise and criticism from countrymen of the fun-loving Sanna Marin.
“It’s great that the youth can party and party... the future is in the youth,” tweeted one Finn who approved of the PM’s partying.
It’s unclear exactly when or where Marin, wearing a sleeveless black top and dancing, was filmed celebrating with friends. Citing local media, Politico reports Finnish politician Ilmari Nurminen and news anchor Tinni Wikström were among partygoers in attendance. That outlet reports shouts about “cocaine” could be heard in the background.
Hienoa, että nuoriso jaksaa juhlia ja kännätä... nuorissa on tulevaisuus.
Sanna & Ilari ❤️ pic.twitter.com/fBhN74Q6EP— Kimmo Kymäläinen (@kymalainenkimmo) August 17, 2022
“Just for the sake of the discussion in public, it would be wise if the Prime Minister @MarinSanna voluntarily went through a drug screening, the results of which would be made public by an independent body,” parliament member Mikko Karna suggested on Twitter.
The Centre Party representative said the people of Finland deserve to know if their prime minister spends her downtime drug-ridden.
According to Politico, Marin said in a statement that the video shows her having good clean fun in what she thought was a private setting.
“I have danced, sung, celebrated, done legal things,” Marin said, adding she has nothing to hide.
Marin reportedly confessed she had been drinking, but claimed her alcohol consumption was not excessive. She added that “it feels bad” footage from what she thought was a private function had been published.
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Critics of the PM faulted her for letting her hair down when the world is facing unrest, including supply chain issues and military uncertainty. Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO in May, amid Russian aggression in eastern Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces invaded Ukraine in late February, has warned that “military contingents and military infrastructure” established in those nations would result in Russia responding in kind.
Marin is a Helsinki, Finland, native who joined her nation’s parliament in 2015. She became prime minister four years later at the age of 34, making her the youngest person to have held that job. She married in 2020 and has a young daughter. Marin was raised by same-sex parents.
