Opposition party wins regional elections in Finland

FinlandHELSINKI, Jan 24 21.6% of the votes, after counting all the votes, according to the Ministry of Justice of the country. The country's largest city, Helsinki, and the Aland Islands do not participate in the elections. Polling stations closed at 21 Moscow time on Sunday. 26.4% of voters voted in advance. The turnout is 47.5%. «The National Coalition Party is 21.6% (in opposition), in second place is the (ruling) Social Democratic Party of Finland — 19.3%, then — (part of the government coalition) «Finland Center» — 19.2%, «True Finns» — 11.1%, «the report says. The rest of the parties are less than 10%. The elections are a variant of the reform of the country's public health system, during which responsibility for this area was transferred from 294 municipalities, in half of which have fewer than 6,000 inhabitants, to a more streamlined scheme with 21 regional councils whose members are directly elected. It is these people who will be responsible for social security and health care in the future. They are also responsible for organizing the work of rescue services.Biden confused the President and Prime Minister of Finland, speaking of NATO expansion