Estonia

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin regards the recovery package introduced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron as a sign that the European Union has a better future perspective than before. Finland now needs to mark its opinion on the recovery package and which kind of stance it wants to take upon within the EU. As Finland is slowly easing the coronavirus related restrictions, special regulations for many activities such as group gatherings apply. Regarding the development of unemployment, Finland marked down an increasingly high number of unemployed jobseekers last April. The number almost doubled from the comparative amount one year earlier to 433,100 unemployed jobseekers. This alerting trend shows the need for the Finnish government to present stronger actions against unemployment in light of the coronavirus.