Supplementing the seventh 2020 supplementary budget

Key points of the debate

The debate addressed the proposal supplementing the seventh supplementary budget for 2020 and the broader supplementary budget package, which channelled support to municipalities, hospital districts and businesses to manage the coronavirus crisis. Government parties considered additional appropriations and borrowing under exceptional circumstances necessary to secure welfare, services and future investments. The opposition, for its part, criticised the acceleration of debt accumulation, the poor targeting of municipal support, and expenditure items unrelated to the crisis, such as increases in development cooperation and the capitalisation of the Climate Fund.

• –Was the targeting of coronavirus support for municipalities and businesses sufficiently accurate or did it lead to overcompensation?
• –Was capitalising the Climate Fund and increasing development aid justified in the midst of a crisis?
• –Was rapidly growing borrowing sustainable without structural reforms and employment measures?

• Social DemocratsIn favour

  The group supported the proposal and considered it essential to secure basic municipal services, the operation of hospital districts, and businesses and jobs through the exceptional crisis.

  ”Meidän pitää rakentaa sitä tulevaisuutta samaan aikaan, kun joudutaan käyttämään suuria summia pyörien pitämiseksi pyörimässä niin julkisten palveluiden osalta kuin yritystenkin puolella.”

• Centre PartyIn favour

  The group considered additional appropriations and borrowing necessary to save human lives, ensure the continuity of business operations, and launch future green investments.

  ”Tämä esitys ehdottaa korotettavaksi 13,7 miljoonalla eurolla seitsemännessä lisäbudjetissa esitettyjä määrärahoja, ja se lisää vastaavalla summalla nettolainanoton määrää.”

• Left AllianceIn favour

  The group supported securing basic municipal services with public funding in the midst of the crisis and considered the capitalisation of the Climate Fund important for employment and recovery.

  ”Kuntien tukeminen tässä koronakriisin keskellä on äärimmäisen tärkeätä, koska kunnat vastaavat pitkälti kansalaisten tärkeistä peruspalveluista.”

• Swedish People's PartyIn favour

  The group supported the proposal and considered it important to provide adequate state funding for coronavirus and testing operations in Åland and across the country, as well as to support municipalities and the business community.

  ”On täysin selvää, että tässä tilanteessa täytyy kuntia ja yrityksiä eri tavoin tukea.”

• National Coalition PartyIn favour with reservations

  The group considered acute measures for the coronavirus crisis necessary, but criticised heavy debt accumulation, the poor targeting of municipal support, support caps for businesses, and reductions affecting the district court network.

  ”Tämä LTA 7:n täydentävä esitys lisää valtion velanottoa entisestään.”

• Finns PartyAgainst

  The group opposed the Government's reckless borrowing and demanded abandoning ideological spending targets, such as the capitalisation of the Climate Fund and increases in development aid, in favour of domestic crisis management.

  ”Kriittisten menokohteiden lisäksi lisätalousarviossa on ujutettu budjettiin puhtaasti ideologian motivoimia menokohteita.”

• Christian DemocratsIn favour with reservations

  The group supported necessary coronavirus measures for businesses and healthcare, but tabled a dissenting opinion calling for the cancellation of the Climate Fund's capitalisation and expressing concern over the sustainability of debt accumulation.

  ”Lisätalousarviossa on näitten välttämättömien kulujen lisäksi myös määrärahoja, jotka eivät kuitenkaan liity tämän akuutin kriisin hoitoon.”

This digest was generated by AI from 57 speeches 13 Sep 2026. Group positions are read from the speeches, not from votes; quotations were checked verbatim against the record.