Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo discusses his vision for Europe

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg to outline his vision for Europe’s challenges and future. This will be the fourteenth in the This is Europe series of debates with European heads of state and the first in 2024.
Orpo became Prime Minister of Finland on 20 June 2023. Before that he served as a member of the national parliament, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (2014-2015), Minister of the Interior (2015-2016) and Minister of Finance (2016-2019).

[@pnevmo600]

Iratxe Garcia, great speech 👍

[@chriszorander9333]

24:30 EPP leader Manfred Weber 29:10 S&D leader Iratxe García Pérez 34:10 Renew Europe leader Valérie Hayer 36:35 Green leader Philippe Lamberts others 01:09:14 Nils Torvalds others 1:22:13 Orpo rebuttal

[@Hamm3rJack]

The influence of large corporations on Orpo is substantial, indicating that their interests will hold significant sway.

[@eedolf01]

Really bold words coming from Spain😂 enjoy your 163bil

[@seppohannunen7020]

Hyvä kello kauas kuuluu , Huono vielä kauemmas. Että jo siellä asti, , , oisko jo aika antaa periksi , , ,

[@snafaofficial]

Thank you that you all critize our primeminister! 🙏

[@karinortunen7867]

As long as the "parliament" charges many times over for its own "work", which is NOT even work, but a fiduciary duty! Finland's economy has been going downhill since 1999, when it was made a job by the decision of the "parliament". As long as those greedy parliamentary hoppers use Finland's funds. So you don't have to cut a single cents from anything. First, their "adjustment pensions" and party subsidies must be removed if they imagine they are working. Nowhere else in the world are there such "adjustment pensions" as in Finland, if you look at the model of other countries! Only Nokia considered the Finnish economy positive from 1999 until it was sold. Before that, political party subsidies were paid to parliamentary parties, because the representatives were on the payrolls of the parties, NOT Finland. It would be worthwhile to get to know the facts a little, before these publications of mine! It's pointless for me to come and explain this skeida, what that government lets out of its mouth. Ministers and speakers 14,000e/month. No "work" obligations, extra long vacations, 4 years of dismissal protection, more than 40% salary bonus if you don't live in the capital region, travel benefits as a salary bonus of tens of percent, other travel expenses and telephone benefit. Then again, if he leaves or drops out of parliament, he gets an "adjustment pension" of more than 5,000e/month, which he can also take to work for more than 3,000e/month, and not lose it. Then they still dare to say that Finland's funds are NOT enough! What could be the reason 🤔?

[@saarinenj1]

Petteri orpo cuts money out of everything. We're just getting poorer and their salary getting bigger...I hope he will listen to others who wants the best of our country..

[@PrimitiveArchery6]

Should we just take more dept?

[@backseat86]

@@PrimitiveArchery6 People like Orpo is the reason why Finlands economy is weak and getting nowhere.

[@Parapsye]

​​@@PrimitiveArchery6many have money just to survive and they are cutting from them. Lets make cuts that hits more to those that have more than enough

[@johannesaarto1631]

Yea let’s just go bankrupt so nobody gets any social security 🤡

[@tooperupsutin69]

​@@PrimitiveArchery6 With Orpo's policies this year budget has record-breaking 12 billion euro deficit while making biggest cuts for a working age people. I rather 'just take debt' than screw over everything and then take even more debt.

[@PlayingBunny1]

Fidesz policewoman threatens the German in Hungary, she also stole my money

[@RainbyFIN]

Dear supporters of Orpo's government, please notice most speakers criticized our Prime Minister and ask yourself if you honestly believe you're 100% in the right to support his stance and to mock everyone who doesn't and claim that the majority here are just mistaken. This doesn't come from nowhere. This isn't just propaganda against him

[@amadeuz819]

Petteri Orpo makes the poor poorer and the rich richer, hes the worst of the worst of the greedy. Like workers should work for almost no pay while the owners should get huge profits, shareholders getting 5% dividend is more important that people affording a home without our state having to pay for it. The generations after us will end up with a country in huge debt just so the rich can fill their pockets now.

[@amadeuz819]

To be honest I trust him as much as I trust a Russian, wouldn't surprise me if he tries to sell us to the Kremlin him filling his pockets. Like he has no touch with reality and thinks people can survive on air. Everything he wants to make private when the core spirit in our country is that we share the land and what it gives us. There is nothing but a sad selfish future for our country with people like him at the helm.

[@amadeuz819]

Can't even watch more because it just makes me sad and angry when we allow greed to consume our country....

[@moustachio05]

Aamen!

[@Madikon07]

Get used to capitalism

[@loafoffloof3420]

@@Madikon07Finland has been capitalist forever, Finland never went communist but did had a fairly brief civil war between Government White Finns and Socialist Red Finns from Jan 27, 1918 - May 15, 1918. Before and during when it was apart of Sweden and the once Imperial Russia Finland still had a capitalist society using marks, silver, ruble, and markka before switching to the euro

[@nunosantos485]

Great speech from the Prime Minister👍

[@user-yt3ll2xq5l]

Keep up the good work Mr. Prime Minister Orpo.and may God Blessed U Always

[@stevedynell3330]

Whatever criticisms are justifiedly directed at the new Finnish Prime Minister, Mr. Petteri Orpo, and against his government (and there are many), at least he can speak English clearly, and he is able to keep his speech reasonably coherent. Also his predecessor, Ms. Sanna Marin, speaks English rather fluently. As a multilingual expatriate Finn, and as a passionate global citizen and lifelong learner, I am delighted to listen to Finnish politicians speaking global languages. May God have mercy on the Earth and on the humanity!

[@lorenagonzalez71]

the last thing to consider is English effective communication; he is on his right to speak in Finnish if he should considered doing so, what matters is the content of his message, understanding of it and and clarifying on that timming is of the essence as of now.

[@christiana.v.w9988]

His English is "so and so"

[@Elmaxsivu]

Hahaha, I don't Orpo nor purra expected this

[@R2-D292]

We can expect a mass emigration of people of working age and those who are able to leave Finland. I am seriously considering this option myself. Savings are only made to the detriment of the poorest people, which does not result in real savings, people are just put in such a tight spot that they are forced to do underpaid work, even several jobs to get by. Dictatorship in Finland is now a fact!

[@johannesaarto1631]

Joo itse ainakin lähden tästä maasta heti kun olen saanut kummatkin yliopistotutkinnot suoritettua. En ole maksamassa 50% palkastani valtiolle joka menee konkurssiin ja on huono maa perustaa yritys

[@R2-D292]

@@johannesaarto1631 Totta. Poliitikot kehuu kilvan miten vähän korruptiota tässä maassa on, itseasiassa tämä on yksi Euroopan eniten kartelleja, hyväveliverkostoja ja poliittista korruptiota rönsyilevä maa. Omertà on tiukempi kuin Italiassa, eli vain harva tapaus voi tulla edes osittain päivänvaloon. Tuomiot näissä tapauksissa on "aijai aijai" sormen heristelyä. Miten voi olla mahdollista että kotimainen kurkku maksaa Puolassa 1/3 Suomen hintaan verrattuna? Kesko/S-market diililtä haiskahtava juttu, ja tämä on vain yksi tapaus. Suomen eläkejärjestely alkaa vituttaa kun on nähnyt Ivan Puopolo YT kanavan jutun aiheesta. Otsikko taisi olla: Uskomattomat luvut! Valtion pyramidihuijauksesta.

[@naukkarais]

sevästivät perkele

[@marthacichon5950]

United we stand ✌🏻🇪🇺✌🏻

[@CaptainCensorship]

😂😂

[@Jusu321Gaming]

🤡😂😂

[@danielbright2916]

These were much funnier with Farage

[@trypt0faani161]

as a finn Orpo's government continues on the track of destroying Finland as a nordic welfare state. we luckily had from 2019-2023 a government who cared about us regural finns. cared about students and blue collar workers and those who have to rely on our welfare system. from 2003 onward our government has been willing to destroy evereything our ancestors worked for. I hope our Left Alliance candidate Li Andersson has a place in the EU parliament

[@TanneruTSBabu.-yd4ir]

🙂

[@perttiheinikko3780]

our prime minister mr orpo is not the most gifted or charismatic man in the world but I would buy a used car from him

[@puuntuuppaaja]

Time to leave the ranks of the insane.

[@Jusu321Gaming]

Petteri forgot to mention, Minsk peacedeal, which Ukraine tore up, cause west told them to go to war... Porpaganda at its finest...

[@joe4242]

Petteri Orpo is much worse than Vladimir Putin

[@harry8201]

Slavic Russia is absolutely fine with Baltic states and others being in the EU. But the redline is NATO because the US promised not 1 inch east which is why Soviet Union agreed to those nations sovereignty. Once they enter NATO and are turned into an enemy of Russia then that's the redline for Russia esp considering there are millions of native Russians living in those states

[@TheCoBBus]

Its important to remember why finland chose Nato, the reason is on the other side of Finlands eastern border. No. Where. Else

[@WeAeWhoWeAre]

​@@TheCoBBuswhy did they had to choose any? Russia never threatened Finland.

[@raimobrunning3657]

You seem to be trying to post russian propaganda bulls**t. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 SLAVA UKRAINI

[@raimobrunning3657]

​@@WeAeWhoWeAre Vatnik alert 🛑

[@Gloerillero]

@@WeAeWhoWeAre And Russia also said they would not invade Ukraine, and yet they did.

[@xYarbx]

No wonder the neoliberal feminist tries to meddle in internal politics 🤣She ought to worry about her own country and let us worry of ours.

[@flav2689]

True. I hate what the word feminist has become. Once a great movement is now a pathetic laughing stock. The true feminists would be ashamed.

[@AsseriHolopainen987654321]

Voiko Suomi Finland Polisi palauttaa Luottotietoni, vähittäismaksu kaupan joka on ollut kiellettyä koko 2000 luku. Sen lisäksi haluan Ajokortin Takaisin Suomi Finland polisilta, olen nyt tätä kirjoittaessa vaatinut Polisilta 11 vuotta 3 kuukautta 13 vrk, mutta he eivät tee mitään. 🇫🇮💚❤️🇩🇪🇬🇧🇸🇪🇺🇸