Finnish PM Sanna Marin's centre-right rival Petteri Orpo is upbeat on the eve of legislative elections after polls put his party in top place
National Coalition Party chair Petteri Orpo gives an interview during his election campaign rally in Helsinki, Finland, on April 1, 2023.
"We have done a great campaign. We have the best candidates all over Finland and we are first in polls so I’m optimistic," National Coalition party leader Orpo told AFP news agency ahead of Sunday's vote. According to the latest survey published on Thursday by public broadcaster Yle, Orpo's National Coalition has a thin lead at 19.8 percent.The Social Democrats led by current Prime Minister Sanna Marin took third place at 18.7 percent.
Finland's debt-to-GDP ratio has risen from 64 percent in 2019 to 73 percent, which the National Coalition wants to address by cutting spending by six billion euros .
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