Finland Times

Stubb, who was then the prime minister, predicted that the time for consensus had passed.
“In the end he envisaged a model in which the labour market organisations are given a probationary period to set certain issues in order. If it does not materialise, the

government will make a decision,” said Rinne, the chair of the Social Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (Social Democratic Party of Finland-SDP).

According to Rinne, there are doubts that the social contract negotiation was like a show trial in which the aim was to condemn bad course of action and let the government move in to dictate matters.

The government and the labour market organisations failed to agree on the objectives of the social contract on August 20.

Rinne, who was in Espoo where the SDP parliamentary group had gathered, expressed his hope that the social contract should not be abandoned following the breakdown of the talks.

Rinne considers the social contract as a big change in the Finnish society.

SDP will present its own plan on the social contract on Wednesday. The party believes the idea of a social contract can be backed but it would require a broader engagement.