Finland's young and glamorous Prime Minister is in political hot water, after a video of her partying was leaked online. Details from Europe Correspondent Brett_McLeod. 9News MORE:
prime minister says she did not take any drugs during a "wild" party in a private home, adding she did nothing wrong when letting her hair down and partying with friends.
A video posted on a social media shows six people dancing and mimicking a song in front of a camera, including FinnishSanna Marin. Later in the video, Marin, 36, is on her knees on what seems to be the dance floor with her arms behind her head dancing while mimicking a song. "I'm disappointed that it has become public. I spent the evening with friends. Partied, pretty wild, yes. Danced and sang," she was quoted on Thursday as saying by Finnish broadcaster YLE.
"I have not used drugs myself, or anything other than alcohol. I've danced, sung and partied and done perfectly legal things. I have also not been in a situation where I would know that others are doing it that way," Marin said, according to theIt was unclear when the party, which reportedly was attended by Ilmari Nurminen, a member of Eduskunta, or parliament, for Marin's Social Democratic Party, and the Finnish singer Alma, was held.
"I hope that's accepted. We live in a democracy and in elections everyone can decide these issues," she said, according to YLE.Critics have pointed out that Finland, which shares a 1340-kilometre land border with Russia, faces high electricity prices, among other issues from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The country recently dropped its long-neutral stance and asked to join NATO., hence failing to be informed that she had been in close contact with a COVID-19 positive person.
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