The Challenges Facing Finland's PM Sanna Marin in Re-Election

Finland's parliamentary election on Sunday is expected to be a close race between three parties, with Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats fighting to secure a second term. The economy, climate change, education, and social benefits have dominated the election campaign. Finland recently cleared the last big hurdle in its 10-month campaign to join NATO, but neither the decision to abandon the nation's non-alignment policy nor the war have emerged as major campaign issues. The right-wing populist The Finns party is highly critical of the government's goal to make Finland carbon-neutral and fossil-free by 2035, calling the policy naïve and unrealistic.