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Clarifying judicial data protection and controllership

Controller responsibilities of judicial administration authorities and the National Prosecution Authority will be clarified, and the data protection of parties to criminal proceedings will be strengthened. The disclosure of contact details of persons involved in criminal cases will be restricted to improve safety, and stricter processing rules will be laid down for sensitive data.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Official mail in private digital mailboxes

Citizens will be able to receive electronic notifications and messages from public authorities not only in the Suomi.fi service but also in private digital mail services of their choice. This makes it possible to gather official mail and messages from private companies in the same application if desired.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Online alcohol sales and home delivery

Ordering alcohol for home delivery from Finnish shops, Alko and foreign online stores will be permitted. At the same time, online advertising of strong alcoholic beverages will be allowed.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Wider use of Incomes Register data

Municipal employment authorities and the KEHA Centre will obtain the right to make wider use of data from the Incomes Register. The change will streamline the targeting and monitoring of employment services as well as the disbursement of government grants.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Valtion talousarvioksi vuodelle 2027

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Introducing a citizenship test

Obtaining Finnish citizenship will require knowledge of the functioning and basic principles of Finnish society. The required knowledge will be demonstrated through a passed citizenship test or certain studies completed in Finland.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Digitalising and clarifying occupational disease notifications

Doctors' obligation to notify the occupational safety and health authority will be restricted solely 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.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Second supplementary budget for 2026

The second supplementary budget for 2026, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and dissenting proposals submitted by the opposition.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Cutting and reforming county funding

Savings will be made in central government funding for wellbeing services counties, and the calculation criteria for the funding model will be reformed from 2027 onwards. The reform cuts compensation for the growth in service needs and transition balancing, while ensuring through a temporary balancing model that no county's funding falls below the previous year's level.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Restricting direct procurement from in-house companies

Rules on public procurement will be reformed to increase competition and save public funds. The use of in-house companies owned by the public sector will be restricted, and tendering procedures will more frequently have to be divided into lots so that small enterprises can also participate in them.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Easing corporate sustainability reporting

The size thresholds for companies' statutory sustainability reporting will be raised, meaning the reporting obligation will apply only to the very largest companies. At the same time, the position of small and medium-sized enterprises will be eased by limiting the amount of sustainability information that can be requested from them in supply chains.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Transferring ambulance transport from Kela

The financing and organisation of ambulance transport will be transferred entirely from Kela to the wellbeing services counties from the beginning of 2028. At the same time, client fees for health and social services will begin to be increased annually in line with cost developments in the wellbeing services counties.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Facilitating and accelerating nuclear power construction

Finland's nuclear energy legislation would be reformed to make building nuclear power plants and new small modular reactors easier and faster. At the same time, the safety of operations, proper final disposal of nuclear waste in Finland, and strict regulatory oversight would be ensured.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Tightening and speeding up asylum procedures

Finland is reforming its immigration and asylum legislation in line with the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. The reform tightens asylum procedures, speeds up the processing of applications, and makes the removal of rejected applicants more efficient.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Abolishing data centre electricity tax relief

Electricity tax relief for data centres will be abolished and the electricity used by data centres will be transferred to the general tax category. This will raise the tax on electricity used in data centres from 0.05 cents to 2.24 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Preventing pregnancy and family leave discrimination

The Act on Equality between Women and Men will be amended to prevent discrimination based on pregnancy and family leave in working life. Employers will be required to provide a fixed-term employee with a written explanation for not renewing an employment relationship if the employee has given notification of pregnancy or family responsibilities.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Permitting barnacle goose and cormorant hunting

Barnacle geese and cormorants could be shot directly by virtue of the law to prevent agricultural and fisheries damage and flight safety risks. Meat from shot birds could be used for personal consumption, but selling it would be prohibited.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Reforming residential tenancy rules

Legislation on residential and commercial leases will be reformed to clarify lease relationships and reduce disputes. The changes will facilitate electronic communication, shorten the landlord's notice period, and introduce new rules on, among other things, the return of deposits and smoking.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded

Linking non-military service to comprehensive security

Non-military service will be linked more closely to comprehensive security and preparedness in society. Persons performing non-military service and those who have completed it can in future be deployed more widely to assist authorities in various disruptions and exceptional situations.

Anne-Mari Virolainen: No vote recorded