UPDATED: Riding populist wave, Finns Party nearly wins Finland vote
The result of Sunday's vote has the potential to upend politics in Finland, a European Union member of 5.5 million people that shares a long border with Russia and has one-third of its land above the Arctic Circle.
The opposition Social Democrats, led by former finance minister and union leader Antti Rinne, took 17.7% of the votes and 40 seats, far from the 101 seats needed for a majority. "It's better than expected," said Finns Party supporter Riikka Purra. "Of course, we knew it would be nice, but this is awesome!"
With the exception of the Finns Party, all other main parties agreed to the IPCC report last year on the suggested global response and the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels."At the moment, it seems that other parties are rejecting the possibility of being in the same government with the Finns. But it remains to be seen, because Finnish politics used to be rather pragmatic," Jokisipila told The Associated Press. "It was surprisingly tight.
"The new Cabinet will have to answer to citizens' climate concerns and draft a government program making Finland the first welfare state that will abandon fossil fuels in a sustainable and fair way," said Sini Harkki, head of Greenpeace Finland.
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