Abstract

The article analyzes results of the elections to the Finnish parliament, which took place on April 2, 2023, and possible variants of parliamentary unions. A paradoxical situation is outlined when, due to the so-called tactical voting, there was an outflow of votes from small parties to the leading trio, but due to impossibility of cooperation between Social Democrats and True Finns and lack of constructive dialogue between NCP and SPDF, the role of some small parties (primarily the Swedish People's Party) in formation of a stable majority government has dramatically increased. Finland, that has just abruptly reversed its foreign policy course (abandoning the neutrality and joining NATO), now risks entering the zone of internal instability.

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