I don’t know how Finnish law works; how would they make this happen beyond their term? Like, here in the UK there’s nothing a government could do to bind the next one that had enough votes to undo it
I was thinking about that too. Other than an international treaty, I can’t think of any mechanism that would make it actually binding. Even if you turn that plan into a law, the next administration can just rewrite the law.
I think this is more a ‘politically motivated’ headline. ‘Social Europe’ is a social democratic outlet and they want to discredit (rightfully) the now conservative government in Finland (and title fits into OP’s desired narrative). Not that I support what the government is doing in Finland, but I would generally prefer a bit less clickbait and less partisanship in general. Just my 2 cents, maybe I am wrong.
I don’t know how Finnish law works; how would they make this happen beyond their term? Like, here in the UK there’s nothing a government could do to bind the next one that had enough votes to undo it
I was thinking about that too. Other than an international treaty, I can’t think of any mechanism that would make it actually binding. Even if you turn that plan into a law, the next administration can just rewrite the law.
I think this is more a ‘politically motivated’ headline. ‘Social Europe’ is a social democratic outlet and they want to discredit (rightfully) the now conservative government in Finland (and title fits into OP’s desired narrative). Not that I support what the government is doing in Finland, but I would generally prefer a bit less clickbait and less partisanship in general. Just my 2 cents, maybe I am wrong.
The typical way this is done is by writing it into the constitution, making it hard to remove.