HE 192/2020 vpPassed with amendmentsSubmitted 29 Oct 2020

Seventh supplementary budget for 2020

The seventh supplementary budget for 2020

The seventh supplementary budget for 2020, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.

Status: Passed with amendments
Submitted: 29 Oct 2020
Latest event: 30 Nov 2020
Votes: 12
Speeches: 76
Statute: 885/2020
Source: eduskunta.fi ↗

How Parliament voted

The budget is not voted on as a whole. Parliament voted 12 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.

76 speeches · 2 debates

Key points of the debate

The debate addressed the seventh supplementary budget for 2020, which increased funding especially for combating the coronavirus pandemic, basic municipal services, and business cost support. The need for coronavirus measures and economic stimulus received broad support, but the proposal was controversial due to rapidly growing central government debt and the targeting of support. The opposition criticised in particular items deemed outside the crisis, such as the capitalisation of the Climate Fund and additional appropriations for development cooperation.

Is the coronavirus support distributed to municipalities appropriately sized, or does it lead to overcompensation?
How sustainable is the central government's rapid indebtedness without structural reforms?
Do the capitalisation of the Climate Fund and increases in development cooperation belong in a crisis-time supplementary budget?

Social DemocratsIn favour
The Social Democrats considered it the central government's duty to bear the main financial burden of the shock so that municipalities would not have to cut basic services and education.
”Kuntien tukeminen tässä epidemiatilanteessa on erittäin perusteltua ja tärkeää. Kiitos hallitukselle, että se on ymmärtänyt kuntien vaikean tilanteen.”
— Merja Mäkisalo-Ropponen
Centre PartyIn favour
The Centre Party considered the substantial supplementary budget and stimulus package an essential bridge over the crisis for businesses, municipalities, and citizens in an exceptional situation.
”Koronakriisin huolellinen hoito on keskeinen osa hallituksen talouspolitiikkaa, ja hallitus rakentaa lisäbudjetillaan kriisin yli siltaa niin yrityksille, kunnille kuin ihmisillekin.”
— Matti Vanhanen
GreensIn favour
The Greens emphasised effective combatting of the epidemic as the best economic policy and considered sustainable climate stimulus and support for public transport to be essential.
”Tällä hetkellä parasta työllisyys- ja talouspolitiikkaa on estää koronaviruksen leviäminen. Tämä lisätalousarvio jatkaa hallituksen systemaattista työtä koronaviruksen torjumiseksi.”
— Mirka Soinikoski
Left AllianceIn favour
The Left Alliance defended extensive state support for municipalities and businesses so that welfare services are preserved and sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus receive help.
”Kuntien tukeminen tässä koronakriisin keskellä on äärimmäisen tärkeätä, koska kunnat vastaavat pitkälti kansalaisten tärkeistä peruspalveluista.”
— Hanna Sarkkinen
Swedish People's PartyIn favour
The Swedish People's Party saw stimulus and sector-agnostic cost support as the only option to avoid bankruptcies and unemployment.
”Tästä lisätalousarvosta löytyy hyvin tukea niin yrityksille, taiteen ja kulttuurin toimijoille kuin julkiseen liikenteeseen. Tuemme myös vahvasti kuntataloutta, josta tässä jo puhuttiin.”
— Joakim Strand
National Coalition PartyIn favour with reservations
The National Coalition Party considered coronavirus spending and stimulus justified, but criticised the Government's reckless borrowing, the lack of employment measures, and poor targeting of municipal support.
”Valtion velkaantuminen on hurjaa. Ja kyllä se velka joskus tulee maksettavaksi, vaikka vasemmistossa ollaan sitä mieltä, että velkaa ei koskaan tarvitse maksaa.”
— Timo Heinonen
Finns PartyAgainst
The Finns Party opposed spending increases on items not directly related to managing the crisis, and called for redirecting funds from development aid and the Climate Fund to domestic services.
”Kriittisten menokohteiden lisäksi lisätalousarviossa on ujutettu budjettiin puhtaasti ideologian motivoimia menokohteita.”
— Lulu Ranne
Christian DemocratsIn favour with reservations
The Christian Democrats supported necessary coronavirus measures and business aid, but submitted a dissenting opinion due to debt growth, uneven municipal support, and the capitalisation of the Climate Fund.
”Lisätalousarviossa on näitten välttämättömien kulujen lisäksi myös määrärahoja, jotka eivät kuitenkaan liity tämän akuutin kriisin hoitoon.”
— Sari Essayah

This digest was generated by AI from 76 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.