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Digitalising and clarifying occupational disease notifications

The obligation of doctors to notify the occupational safety and health authority will be limited to occupational diseases, and notifications will be transmitted electronically via Kanta services. Reporting other work-related illnesses will become voluntary, and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health will receive research data centrally from Kela.

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Speeding up defence plant construction

Permitting and construction of production plants important for national defence, such as ammunition and explosives factories, will be accelerated. New plants can be sited outside detailed plan areas under a separate siting permit without a slow planning process.

✓Tuomas Kettunen: Yes

Strengthening primary producers' position

Favouring retailers' private labels and unfair contract terms will be prohibited in the food supply chain to protect farmers and food companies. In addition, the protection of suppliers' business information and recipes against demands from buyers will be strengthened.

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Implementing the European health data space

Finnish legislation will be aligned with the EU's new regulations on the health data space. The transfer and use of citizens' health data between EU countries will be facilitated through the Kanta services, and the Kanta services' Personal Health Record will be discontinued.

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Demonstrating the sustainability of low-carbon fuels

Finland will introduce a system allowing companies to demonstrate the sustainability of low-carbon fuels and hydrogen as well as greenhouse gas emission reductions of at least 70 per cent. The change will also enable these fuels to be verified as zero-emission in emissions trading.

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Tightening requirements for citizenship

The conditions for obtaining Finnish citizenship will be tightened and the grounds for loss of citizenship expanded. Obtaining citizenship will require, among other things, independent means of support and a longer period of good conduct following offences.

·Tuomas Kettunen: Absent

Stricter penalties for labour exploitation

Penalties for the exploitation of workers will be toughened by introducing new provisions in the Criminal Code on extortion in working life and aggravated extortion in working life. Punishing abuse will no longer require demonstrating grounds for discrimination.

✓Tuomas Kettunen: Yes

Central government budget for 2026

The central government budget for 2026. Parliament voted in plenary session on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendments before the budget was approved.

✕Tuomas Kettunen: No

Penalties for violent and abuse imagery

Possession of image and video material depicting graphic violence will become a punishable offence carrying a fine. In addition, a new aggravated offence with harsher prison sentences will be introduced for the possession of images sexually depicting a child.

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Valtion talousarvioksi vuodelle 2027

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Central government budget for 2025

The central government budget for 2025. Parliament voted in plenary on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendments before approving the budget.

·Tuomas Kettunen: Absent

Strengthening consumer protection in credit and e-commerce

The Consumer Protection Act will be tightened by bringing interest-free and fee-free credit under regulation as well and by making it easier to withdraw from online contracts. If a creditor neglects the obligation to assess an applicant's ability to pay, the consumer will not have to pay interest or fees on the loan.

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Pledging fishing quotas as loan collateral

Commercial fishers will be able to pledge the rights of use to their fishing quotas as collateral for bank loans for investments. At the same time, the conditions for trap net fishing of Baltic herring will be eased and the forfeiture of fishing rights to the state will be prevented where fishing has been hindered by fishing bans or poor catches.

✕Tuomas Kettunen: No

Scrappage incentive for passenger cars

The state will introduce a temporary scrappage incentive for buyers of new passenger cars in 2026 and 2027. A private individual will be able to receive 2,000 to 2,500 euros in support to purchase a new low-emission or zero-emission car when simultaneously taking a car that is at least 10 years old to be scrapped.

✕Tuomas Kettunen: No

Introducing digital identity cards and wallets

Finland will introduce a phone-based digital identity card and a European digital identity wallet application. The reform will make it possible to prove identity, manage digital permits and certificates, and provide official electronic signatures using a mobile device.

Tuomas Kettunen: No vote recorded

Moving tax mail primarily to MyTax

Decisions and other tax documents from the Finnish Tax Administration will primarily be delivered electronically to MyTax without separate consent. Paper mail will no longer be sent automatically to individuals and companies that use MyTax or Suomi.fi Messages.

✕Tuomas Kettunen: No

Extending wellbeing services counties' deficit coverage

Wellbeing services counties would be able to apply to the Ministry of Finance for additional time to cover their accumulated deficits until the end of 2027 or 2028. In addition, the deadline for submitting wellbeing services counties' investment plans to ministries would be postponed.

✕Tuomas Kettunen: No

Shortening change negotiations and raising threshold

The application threshold for the Act on Co-operation within Undertakings would be raised to 50 employees, and the minimum durations of change negotiations would be halved. Smaller enterprises with 20–49 employees would retain an obligation for lighter dialogue, and would only face change negotiations in large-scale workforce reductions.

✓Tuomas Kettunen: Yes

Improving legal protection against discrimination

Victims of discrimination will be ensured a better opportunity to conciliate their cases or seek a resolution without fear of the time limit for bringing an action expiring. At the same time, the independence and smooth operation of equality and non-discrimination authorities will be strengthened.

✕Tuomas Kettunen: No