The President of the Republic has appointed the Government of Prime Minister Antti Rinne. This is the 75th Government of the Republic of Finland. Rinne’s Government has 19 ministers.

The government formation talks led by party leader Antti Rinne have concluded and the agreement on the new Government Programme has been published. At an event held on Monday in Oodi, Helsinki Central Library, Antti Rinne and the other party leaders who participated in the negotiations, Juha Sipilä, Pekka Haavisto, Li Andersson and Anna-Maja Henriksson, discussed the content and objectives of the Government Programme with members of the public and representatives of the media.

The new government will include 19 ministers: 7 from the Social Democratic Party, 5 from the Centre Party, 3 from the Greens, 2 from the Left Alliance and 2 from the Swedish People’s Party.

Government formation talks continued at the House of the Estates late on Wednesday evening.  Party leaders participating in the negotiations will continue the talks on Friday. No negotiations were conducted on Ascension Day.

The leader of the government formation talks Antti Rinne commented the progress of the negotiations shortly on Wednesday evening. According to Rinne, six of the eight chapters are now ready. Open matters relate to education and transport.

The negotiations to form a new Government continued at the House of the Estates on Tuesday 28 May. On Monday evening the meeting of party leaders participating in the negotiations went on until late hours. An agreement was reached on the broad financial framework. On Tuesday the work has continued with party leaders’ negotiations and in working groups.

Government formation negotiations continued at the House of the Estates on Friday. Leaders of the parties participating in the negotiations have been discussing matters related to finances and issues raised by the working groups. Early this evening, Antti Rinne commented on the talks to the media.

No negotiations will be held at the House of the Estates on Saturday, but party leaders are prepared to meet again on Sunday afternoon. 

The third week of government formation talks started at the House of Estates on Monday. Work continues through the week with meetings for both party leaders and working groups.

The eighth day of the government formation negotiations started at the House of the Estates at 9.00. Experts have again been invited to participate in the working groups.

The second week of government formation talks started at the House of the Estates on Monday 13 May. Experts had again been invited to speak about various themes. This week, we will also publish a list of experts that will be updated every day at about 17.30.

Besides discussions between the party leaders, the negotiators met in groups for talks built around certain key themes, or ‘phenomena’. Leaders of labour market organisations were also heard.