HE 142/2017 vpPassedSubmitted 19 Oct 2017

Third supplementary budget for 2017

The third supplementary budget for 2017

The third supplementary budget for 2017, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in dissenting opinions from the opposition.

Status: Passed
Submitted: 19 Oct 2017
Latest event: 24 Nov 2017
Votes: 9
Speeches: 101
Statute: 777/2017
Source: eduskunta.fi ↗

How Parliament voted

The budget is not voted on as a whole. Parliament voted 9 times on individual appropriations and opposition alternatives, and the budget was adopted on the basis of those votes.

A passed act does not enter into force immediately: the President of the Republic confirms it, and it enters into force on the date set in the act.

Debate in the chamber

What was argued and where each group stood, followed by MPs' speeches verbatim from the parliamentary record. Speeches are shown in their original language.

101 speeches · 2 debates

Key points of the debate

The debate addressed the third supplementary budget for 2017, which included additional investments in areas such as crisis support for agriculture, innovation, and conversion training for skilled professionals. The general thrust of the proposal and the agricultural aid were widely considered necessary across party lines, but the supplementary budget sparked debate over the general fairness of economic policy. The opposition criticised the Government for continuing cuts and neglecting vulnerable people during economic growth.

Should the fruits of economic growth be shared equally among all population groups?
Are the additional appropriations for immigration and reception activities justified?
Are the measures and project grants in the supplementary budget targeted fairly enough across the whole country?

National Coalition PartyIn favour
The group strongly supported the proposal and highlighted the positive effects of economic growth, improving employment, tax cuts, and additional funding for agriculture and innovation.
”Esittelen eduskunnan käsiteltäväksi tämän vuoden kolmannen lisätalousarvion. Meidän valtiontalouden ja talouden tila on edelleen hyvin myönteinen.”
— Petteri Orpo
Centre PartyIn favour
The group supported the proposal and considered the crisis package for agriculture, which had faced a difficult harvest year, as well as investments in exports and digitalisation, to be particularly important.
”Sen tähden kehittämisrahastoon ja myöskin kannattavuuteen liittyvät panostukset ovat erittäin tärkeitä.”
— Timo Kalli
Blue ReformIn favour
The group supported the supplementary budget, commending the Government's economic and tax policy, emergency aid for agriculture, and additional resources allocated to conversion training.
”1,2 miljardia euroa veronkevennyksiä tämän hallituksen ansiosta. Kyllä minä uskon, että keskiluokka siitä kiittää.”
— Simon Elo
Finns PartyIn favour with reservations
The group supported investments in agriculture, innovation, and conversion training, but submitted a dissenting opinion to oppose additional appropriations for immigration and reception centres.
”Tässä kolmannessa lisätalousarviossa on paljon hyvää, kuten satsaukset innovaatioiden tukemiseen ja korkeakoulutettujen muuntokoulutukseen.”
— Sami Savio
Social DemocratsIn favour with reservations
The group considered the agricultural support and conversion training to be good measures, but strongly criticised widening inequality, taxes on families with children, and regionally uneven growth.
”On hyvä, että viljelijöiden hätä on huomioitu tässä lisäbudjetissa, mutta on tärkeää myös, että näitä muita ryhmiä otetaan huomioon.”
— Antti Rinne
GreensIn favour with reservations
The group commended the funding for the Sámi reconciliation commission, but criticised the Government's policy of widening income disparities and failing to reverse education cuts.
”Niihin isoihin kysymyksiin siitä, että tämä hallitus politiikallaan kasvattaa tuloeroja ja rapauttaa suomalaisen koulutuksen perustaa, tämäkään lisätalousarvio ei vastaa.”
— Emma Kari
Left AllianceIn favour with reservations
The group criticised the Government's cuts targeting low-income earners and education during economic growth, and criticised the distribution method for sports construction appropriations.
”On niin, että on hyvä, että tämä kansainvälinen veto on tarttunut myös Suomeen. On hyvä, että hallitus ei ole omilla toimillaan sössinyt sitä ulkoista vetoa.”
— Paavo Arhinmäki
Swedish People's PartyIn favour
The group supported the proposal and considered the crisis package of 25 million euros for farmers to be a very good and timely solution to harvesting difficulties.
”Olen samaa mieltä muitten edustajien kanssa, että tämä on varsin hyvä lisätalousarvio ja on paikallaan nimenomaan tämä 25 miljoonaa ja 15 miljoonaa uutta rahaa viljelijöille.”
— Mats Nylund
Christian DemocratsIn favour
The group supported the supplementary budget, regarding the investments and the support package for agriculture as necessary and well-targeted measures to strengthen growth and security of supply.
”Tämä lisätalousarvio on varsin miellyttävää luettavaa, ja täytyy täältä opposition oikealta laidalta todeta, että ei jaksa enää synkistellä.”
— Antero Laukkanen

This digest was generated by AI from 101 speeches 13 Sep 2026. Group positions are read from the speeches, not from votes; quotations were checked verbatim against the record. The longest speeches were shortened in the digest's source material.