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British newspaper The Telegraph highlighted Sanna Marin’s transition from politics to the world of entertainment as she rubs shoulders with the likes of Victoria Beckham and Sharon Stone.
Tabloid Ilta-Sanomat repurposed an article in the British newspaper The Telegraph detailing former Prime Minister Sanna Marin‘s life after leaving Finnish politics.
The Telegraph highlighted Marin’s appearance at Paris Fashion Week, and questioned whether British female politicians like Liz Truss or Theresa May would be welcome rubbing shoulders with the likes of Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian, Pamela Anderson, or Sharon Stone.
“It’s interesting that she chose to go to fashion week, as female politicians often spend years fighting against a culture that puts so much more value on their appearance than it does on men’s,” Natasha Lindstaedt an author and lecturer of media and politics told the Telegraph.
Lindstaedt also pointed to Marin’s gender and age in relation to her meteoric rise to celebrity status, and noted that she was prominent as Finland’s PM during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Marin has capitalised on this fame, taking a role at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and signing a deal with talent agency Range Media Partners.
The Telegraph suggested this blending politics and entertainment is a modern phenomenon, and added that for young politicians their charisma and good looks can launch new careers after their tenure in office is over.
Sick day pay cut unpopular
A recent Helsingin Sanomat poll showed that a majority of people in Finland are against the government’s intention to make employees’ first day of sick leave unpaid.
In the HS poll, 60 percent of respondents were against the reform, 32 percent were in favour and eight percent did not give an opinion.
In addition, the poll also asked whether respondents supported making it easier to fire workers and limiting political strikes.
A plurality of respondents were against both of these reforms, with 48 percent against the employee dismissal reform and 47 percent against limiting political strikes.
Some 41 percent were in favour of easing the reasons for firing, while 39 percent were in favour of limiting political strikes.
Chinese cars built in Finland?
An editorial in business daily Kauppalehti warned that Valmet Automotive is moving towards a ‘grey area’ by considering the production of Chinese electric cars at its auto plant in the western Finnish city of Uusikaupunki.
The EU is considering imposing tariffs on Chinese electric cars, which would create a competitive advantage for Valmet Automotive. The plant could then build Chinese-branded electric cars in the EU to circumvent these trade tariffs.
KL emphasised that the talks are preliminary and that the factory owners need to carefully weigh the political implications of such a move.
The Chinese firm CATL, one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers, already has a 23 percent stake in the Uusikaupunki plant.
The other owners are the state-owned capital investment firm Tesi and the private equity firm Pontos, both controlling equal shares of 38.5 percent.
CATL came in as a part-owner in 2017, when there was less controversy around Chinese ownership and trading links in Europe.
KL noted that the Covid pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cooling of relations between China and the West have changed that equation somewhat.
The paper said that in the current climate, Russia has shown that geopolitical crises can happen quickly, and prove to be quite costly for businesses.
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