HE 9/2015 vpPassedSubmitted 17 Jun 2015

Second supplementary budget for 2015

The second supplementary budget for 2015

The second supplementary budget for 2015, introducing amendments to the state budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.

Status: Passed
Submitted: 17 Jun 2015
Latest event: 1 Jul 2015
Votes: 6
Speeches: 139
Statute: 830/2015
Source: eduskunta.fi ↗

How Parliament voted

The budget is not voted on as a whole. Parliament voted 6 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.

139 speeches · 2 debates

Key points of the debate

The debate on the second supplementary budget for 2015 was heated and divided. The opposition criticised the Government for ignoring depleting employment appropriations and for cutting development cooperation, while the government parties stressed curbing central government indebtedness and managing the acute environmental and employment risks of the Talvivaara mine.

Should the supplementary budget have allocated additional funding for pay subsidies and start-up grants?
Was it right to channel emissions trading revenues into reducing government borrowing instead of development cooperation?
Was the additional funding for the Talvivaara mine justified and economically sustainable?

National Coalition PartyIn favour
The National Coalition Party (NCP) considered the supplementary budget part of a necessary fiscal adjustment policy and saw funding for Talvivaara as essential to avert an environmental disaster.
”Talvivaara on pian vienyt yhteensä 0,5 miljardia euroa suomalaisten rahoja, ja tämä lisäraha, joka nyt tässä lisätalousarviossa osoitetaan, on syytä käyttää vesien puhdistamisen ratkaisemiseksi.”
— Timo Heinonen
Finns PartyIn favour
The Finns Party (Finns) supported the proposal and considered transferring emissions trading revenues to general budget cover a justified way to reduce the need for additional government borrowing.
”Nähdäkseni tämä lisätalousarvio on vakaata ja pysyvää talouspolitiikkaa, mitä hallitus on päättänyt noudattaa.”
— Sampo Terho
Centre PartyIn favour
The Centre Party (Cen) supported the proposal and defended spending discipline as well as state responsibility for the environmental and regional economic problems of Talvivaara, while acknowledging challenges regarding the sufficiency of employment appropriations.
”Tämän lisätalousarvion selkeästi suurin asia on Talvivaaran vastuiden hoidon ja kuntoonsaattamisen jatkaminen, ja toivottavasti tällä panostuksella saadaan aikaan kestäviä ratkaisuja.”
— Timo Kalli
Social DemocratsAgainst
The Social Democrats (SDP) opposed the proposal because it did not include the necessary additional investments in employment management and the youth guarantee, and cut funding for development cooperation.
”Sosialidemokraattien mielestä Suomi tarvitsee nyt panostuksia työllisyyteen ja työllistämistoimenpiteisiin. Pelkät leikkaukset eivät luo kasvua.”
— Antti Rinne
GreensAgainst
The Greens criticised the proposal for cutting development cooperation funds, the lack of employment appropriations, and the continuous pumping of funding into the unprofitable Talvivaara.
”Olemme saaneet valiokunnan asiantuntijalausunnoissa kuulla sekä eri maakuntien te-toimistojen lausunnoista lukea, että tällä hetkellä työllistämismäärärahoista on huutava pula.”
— Touko Aalto
Left AllianceAgainst
The Left Alliance (Left) opposed the Government's passive and austerity-driven economic policy and called for genuine measures to prevent unemployment instead of merely increasing unemployment security expenditure.
”Sen sijaan että lisättäisiin panostuksia työllisyyden hoitoon, tyydytään maksamaan kohoavia työttömyysturvamenoja.”
— Hanna Sarkkinen
Swedish People's PartyAgainst
The Swedish People's Party (SPP) criticised the proposal's political cutbacks and its late submission to Parliament, and expressed concern over the rising costs of Talvivaara.
”Tvärtom, förslaget är allt annat än enbart tekniskt. Det innehåller uppenbara politiska signaler.”
— Mats Nylund
Christian DemocratsAgainst
The Christian Democrats (CD) considered the proposal unsustainable because pay subsidies and start-up grants had run out in the regions and the Government was cutting support for the most vulnerable through reductions in development cooperation.
”On hyvä, että me käymme kunnon keskustelua näistä starttirahoista ja palkkatukirahoista, koska kyllähän me ymmärrämme, että tällä hetkellä tämä tilanne on kestämätön.”
— Peter Östman

This digest was generated by AI from 139 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.