As long as they give better suggestions than the geniuses at IMF…
The natural result of decades of communism lol
Yes well closing the trade and border with Russia kind of fucked Finland. I was under the impression that EU would help out with maybe money or better trade agreements… Well here we are.
Love the help from EU. “Oh you poor? Let’s give you a fine”. Wtf does that do
What a coincidence, with the “fiscally responsive” parties in charge!
I guess corruption didn’t fix our fiscal problems after all. Oh well, try again?
It’s kind of absurd to penalize Finland for fiscal deficits when we’ve been forced to pivot our economy and hike defense spending due to Russian aggression. The EU needs to recognize that protecting democracy is a collective investment, not a budgetary failure that needs disciplinary action.
That’s non sense considering that recent deficit is also coming from joining NATO and from loss of deals with Russia (very important especially for eastern boarder cities)
They should exclude defence spending from the rules or the portion above the EU average. Otherwise it looks like Finland’s in a tough spot, aging population, low growth and high unemployment… Would be great if Putin moved on from this world and Russia became a normal non hostile nation. Russia invading Ukraine has meant higher defence spending and lower growth cos of the tariffs with Russia. That clown in the White House isn’t helping things either.
To the argument that defense spending should not be considered, I guess a Finland is welcome to the club after following the budget guidance of Germany so many years, a country that lived without any defense spending, betting on Russia and trying to kill Nuclear in Europe. Maybe there is still hope for EU if more countries are realize that the commission has no ideas what they are talking about (like trying to impose 40h week to military personnel)
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As long as they give better suggestions than the geniuses at IMF…
The natural result of decades of communism lol
Yes well closing the trade and border with Russia kind of fucked Finland. I was under the impression that EU would help out with maybe money or better trade agreements… Well here we are.
Love the help from EU. “Oh you poor? Let’s give you a fine”. Wtf does that do
What a coincidence, with the “fiscally responsive” parties in charge!
I guess corruption didn’t fix our fiscal problems after all. Oh well, try again?
It’s kind of absurd to penalize Finland for fiscal deficits when we’ve been forced to pivot our economy and hike defense spending due to Russian aggression. The EU needs to recognize that protecting democracy is a collective investment, not a budgetary failure that needs disciplinary action.
That’s non sense considering that recent deficit is also coming from joining NATO and from loss of deals with Russia (very important especially for eastern boarder cities)
They should exclude defence spending from the rules or the portion above the EU average. Otherwise it looks like Finland’s in a tough spot, aging population, low growth and high unemployment… Would be great if Putin moved on from this world and Russia became a normal non hostile nation. Russia invading Ukraine has meant higher defence spending and lower growth cos of the tariffs with Russia. That clown in the White House isn’t helping things either.
To the argument that defense spending should not be considered, I guess a Finland is welcome to the club after following the budget guidance of Germany so many years, a country that lived without any defense spending, betting on Russia and trying to kill Nuclear in Europe. Maybe there is still hope for EU if more countries are realize that the commission has no ideas what they are talking about (like trying to impose 40h week to military personnel)