Sun, 22 May, 2016 12:54:38 AM FTimes-STT Report, May 22  Vihreät leaders spoke at a party meeting in Lahti on Saturday. Photo Lehtikuva. The opposition Vihreät (Green Party) is planning to challenge the three-party alliance government´s policy to cut budget for the municipalities.
The Chairman of the party, Ville Niinistö said on Saturday that municipal decision-makers can choose to fight cuts, for example, to early childhood education, which the government has encouraged by cutting federal subsidies.
“Sixteen municipalities have already decided that they will not cut these subjective rights to daycare,” he said at a party meeting in Lahti.
Vihreät encourages municipalities to also hold fast on hikes in health care charges.
The party has had a significant rise in the polls, and according to Niinistö, the party faces high expectations.
“There are a lot of people, for whom Vihreät now represents hope. We want to offer an alternative, which will defend what is valuable in Finland and will renew conditions for the people of Finland and the environment,” he said.
According to Niinistö, the government led by Prime Minister Juha Sipilä is pursuing a short sighted policy with their cuts, which especially weakens the position of women and children and chips away at the foundations for the future.
Vihreät parliamentary group Chair Outi Alanko-Kahiluoto said that the next big threat are planned cuts to second-degree professional training, which particularly affect young men.
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