Air travellers wear masks as they arrive at Ivalo Airport, Finland January 24, 2020. Finland has been spared the worst economic impacts and suffered only a 2.8 per cent fall in GDP last year compared to a 6.6 per cent EU average.— Reuters picHELSINKI, May 1 — Finland will finance a post-pandemic stimulus plan by taking on an additional 22 billion euros of debt under a spending plan agreed late Thursday following contentious talks that nearly fractured the ruling coalition government.
Nonetheless, last week Prime Minister Sanna Marin gathered her five-party, centre-left coalition to agree on additional spending for the coming four years to support the economic recovery. The plan will see the additional spending capped at 900 million euros next year and then 500 million euros in 2023.
Nevertheless, central government debt is to hit 59 per cent of gross domestic product by 2025, the government said.