HE 15/2023 vpPassed with amendmentsSubmitted 21 Sep 2023

Second supplementary budget for 2023

The second supplementary budget for 2023

The second supplementary budget for 2023, that is, amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and dissenting proposals from the opposition.

Status: Passed with amendments
Submitted: 21 Sep 2023
Latest event: 16 Nov 2023
Votes: 22
Speeches: 116
Statute: 1022/2023
Source: eduskunta.fi ↗

How Parliament voted

The budget is not voted on as a whole. Parliament voted 22 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.

116 speeches · 3 debates

Key points of the debate

The debate centred on the second supplementary budget for 2023 and the direction of the Government's economic policy in a weakening economic climate. The government parties stressed that the proposal was mainly technical and would curb additional central government borrowing. The opposition, in turn, criticised the proposal for inaction in the construction sector and economic crisis, as well as for cuts to climate action, wellbeing services counties and agriculture.

Should the supplementary budget stimulate the construction sector and the economy?
Are the cuts to the capitalisation of the Climate Fund and to wetland farming justified?
Are the appropriations for wellbeing services counties and agriculture sufficient?
Are eastern Finland and different regions treated equitably in investments?

National Coalition PartyIn favour
The National Coalition Party supports the proposal and considers that in a difficult economic situation, debt growth must be curbed through structural measures rather than spending increases and stimulus.
”Tämä lisätalousarvioesitys — niin kuin varmasti tästä eteenpäin pahimmillaan seuraavat vuodet, vuosikymmenet — on kyllä hyvä muistutus meille kaikille siitä, kuinka vakavassa tilanteessa Suomi on.”
— Ville Valkonen
Finns PartyIn favour
The Finns Party supports the supplementary budget because it reduces central government net borrowing and allocates necessary increases to security authorities, among others.
”Kokonaisuutena tämä lisätalousarvio vähentää velanottoa vajaalla 250 miljoonalla, mikä on tietenkin hyvä asia tässä maailmantilanteessa ja tässä korkotilanteessa.”
— Ari Koponen
Christian DemocratsIn favour
The Christian Democrats consider the proposal appropriate and take the view that, to curb debt growth, additional borrowing cannot continually be taken for stimulus.
”Hallituksen tehtävä on kääntää tämä velkataakka, joka on syntynyt monien vuosien jälkeen.”
— Peter Östman
Social DemocratsAgainst
The Social Democrats oppose the proposal's line and criticise it for being purely technical at a time when the construction sector is in deep crisis and in need of urgent counter-cyclical stimulus.
”Se tarkoittaa, että tässä ei ole yhtään toimia tämän tilanteen hallitsemiseksi tässä ja nyt.”
— Pia Viitanen
Centre PartyAgainst
The Centre Party opposes the proposal and demands transferring funding from the Turku one-hour train project to a stimulus package for the construction sector, support for eastern and northern Finland, and crisis support for agriculture.
”Tässä tilanteessa hallituksen pitäisi reagoida nopeasti toimilla, jotka luovat Suomeen kasvua ja pitävät kiinni työllisyydestä niin että työttömyys ei lähtisi kasvamaan.”
— Markus Lohi
GreensAgainst
The Greens criticise the proposal for cutting funds from effective climate action such as wetland farming and dismantling the operational capabilities of the Climate Fund.
”Kaikessa teknisyydessään tämä lisätalousarvioesitys on jonkun sortin pettymys.”
— Saara Hyrkkö
Left AllianceAgainst
The Left Alliance opposes the Government's cuts to the funding of wellbeing services counties and climate action, as well as the lack of counter-cyclical policy as the economy slows down.
”Vammaisten ja ikäihmisten palveluista leikkaaminen ja hyvinvointialueiden ennestään tiukan rahoituksen vähentäminen on kestämätöntä.”
— Hanna Sarkkinen

This digest was generated by AI from 116 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.