Helsinki Garden Funding Controversy Leads to Calls for Government Resignation

Helsinki Garden funding row deepens as opposition demands answers

Finland’s opposition parties have increased pressure on Prime Minister Petteri Orpo over the government’s €35 million conditional support pledge for the Helsinki Garden arena project, after new ministry documents raised questions about how the decision was prepared and what ministers knew before approving the funding. The Left Alliance chair Minja Koskela called on Orpo’s government to resign on Tuesday. The Greens’ MP Saara Hyrkkö submitted a new written question asking whether the prime m...