Clear News | Thursday 5.2.2026

Party support. Learn Finnish. Friday’s weather.

Party support

First, news about politics.

Yle has again asked Finns which party they support.

The most popular party is still the Social Democratic Party (SDP), supported by 25 percent of Finns.

Support for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has increased. The SDP is an opposition party, meaning it is not in the government.

The second most popular party is still the National Coalition Party.

The Coalition Party has almost 19 percent support. The Coalition Party is the governing party and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is also from the Coalition Party.

The third most popular party is now the Centre Party, with 14 percent support.

The Centre Party rose to third place because the support of the Finns Party fell. The Centre Party is not in the government.

The fourth most popular party is now the Finns Party. The Finns Party has around 13 percent support. The Finns Party is in the government.

Yle’s poll shows that the SDP’s leading position has strengthened and that the Finns Party has fallen to fourth place in popularity.

Learn Finnish videos

Now for some news about learning Finnish.

Yle Learning has launched a new service on TikTok.

The @yleopisuomea account publishes a short video every day teaching one Finnish word.

The video also includes a colloquial example sentence.

This video explains what snooze means.

The videos are suitable for anyone who wants to learn Finnish.

In this video we learn what it means to dream.

Yle Learning now teaches Finnish on TikTok.

Videos allow you to practice common words and learn how to use Finnish.

Let’s watch one more video in its entirety. In it, we learn the word socket.

(Watching the Plug video)

The videos are also available on Yle Areena, YouTube and on the website yle.fi/opisuomea.

Friday weather

Still a weather forecast.

On Friday, it will be mostly cloudy in the north with a little snow in places.

It is sunny in the southern and central parts of the country.

It’s 10-15 degrees below zero.

5-10 degrees in the north.