HE 242/2022 vpPassed with amendmentsSubmitted 27 Oct 2022

Fourth supplementary budget for 2022

The fourth supplementary budget for 2022

The fourth supplementary budget for 2022, 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 with amendments
Submitted: 27 Oct 2022
Latest event: 28 Nov 2022
Votes: 30
Speeches: 60
Statute: 951/2022
Source: eduskunta.fi ↗

How Parliament voted

The budget is not voted on as a whole. Parliament voted 30 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.

60 speeches · 2 debates

Key points of the debate

Parliament debated the fourth supplementary budget for 2022, which increased appropriations for defence, support for Ukraine, transport infrastructure management and an additional child benefit payment, among other things, while estimates of tax revenue were revised upwards. The debate was contentious, as the opposition criticised the Government for reckless debt accumulation and the absence of crisis support for agriculture. The government parties defended the decisions by pointing to positive employment trends and necessary security investments.

Was central government borrowing and exceeding the spending limits justified?
Should the supplementary budget have allocated immediate crisis support to agriculture?
Were the additional appropriations sufficient to cover the road network's maintenance backlog and rising cost levels?

Social DemocratsIn favour
The group supported the proposal and pointed out that positive employment trends had lowered unemployment benefit expenditure and increased central government revenue in the midst of crises.
”Työllisyys on parantunut, ja se näkyy myös tässä lisätalousarviossa ja sen työttömyysturvamenoissa.”
— Tarja Filatov
Centre PartyIn favour
The group defended the supplementary budget, highlighting the tax revenue generated by improved employment, support for Ukraine and national defence, and strengthening families' purchasing power with an additional child benefit payment.
”Se on ennakoitua paremman taloustilanteen, Suomen turvallisuuden, Ukrainan vankkumattoman tukemisen ja perheiden budjetti.”
— Annika Saarikko
GreensIn favour
The group considered the supplementary budget's investments in defence, Ukraine, energy infrastructure and education necessary in an exceptional situation.
”Suurimmat menolisäykset esitetään puolustusministeriön hallinnonalalle puolustusvalmiuden parantamiseen sekä Ukrainan tukemiseen, yhteensä 294 miljoonaa euroa.”
— Mari Holopainen
Left AllianceIn favour
The group supported the supplementary budget's appropriations and recalled that Finland's public finances and employment had weathered the exceptional crises better than expected.
”Kohtaamamme kriisit ovat asettaneet paineita julkiselle taloudelle, mutta toisin kuin oppositio täällä väittää, olemme selvinneet kriisien kurimuksesta melko hyvin.”
— Pia Lohikoski
Swedish People's PartyIn favour
The group supported the proposal, considering the security investments and the granting of a historic special grant to Åland to compensate for the economic impacts of the pandemic to be important.
”Här i den fjärde tilläggsbudgeten finns det många viktiga satsningar, inte minst i det tråkiga världsläget som vi lever i efter Rysslands brutala och illegala anfallskrig mot Ukraina.”
— Mats Löfström
National Coalition PartyAgainst
The group submitted a dissenting opinion and criticised the Government for a lack of spending discipline, rising interest expenditure and circumventing the spending limits procedure, although it supported the additional funding for defence and Ukraine.
”Teen kokoomuksen vastalauseen mukaisen muutosesityksen, missä me nostamme esille vakavan huolen tästä holtittomasta taloudenpidosta.”
— Timo Heinonen
Finns PartyAgainst
The group proposed a motion of no confidence in the Government over its handling of street crime and strongly criticised debt accumulation, the lack of support for agriculture and the maintenance backlog of the transport infrastructure network.
”Lainaa otetaan siis huolestuttavan paljon lisää. Suomi elää yli varojensa.”
— Leena Meri
Christian DemocratsAgainst
The group opposed the proposal with a dissenting opinion and considered it unsustainable that agriculture, struggling with a cost crisis, was left entirely without additional support.
”Maatalouden akuutti tilanne ei olisi saanut jäädä huomioimatta tässä lisätalousarviossa.”
— Peter Östman
Power Belongs to the PeopleAgainst
Turtiainen demanded the complete rejection of the supplementary budget, strongly opposing military and financial support for Ukraine.
”Todellakin esitän, että tämä neljäs lisätalousarvio hylätään.”
— Ano Turtiainen

This digest was generated by AI from 60 speeches 13 Sep 2026. Group positions are read from the speeches, not from votes; quotations were checked verbatim against the record.