Newsweek in plain Finnish | Sunday 7.6.2026

Party support. Party rallies. Energy drinks. Golden jubilees.

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Party support

The SDP’s support fell by 0.7 percentage points to 23.0 and the Coalition Party’s rose by the same amount to 18.3, meaning the gap between them narrowed. The Centre Party continues in third place with 14.1 percent support.

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Photo: Parliament, Petteri Sopanen / Yle and Silja Viitala / Yle, graphics: Nanna Särkkä / Yle

First, a news about politics.

Yle published a party support survey this week.

The most popular party is still the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The SDP is supported by 23 percent of Finns. The SDP’s support has decreased slightly. The SDP is not in the government.

The second most popular party is the National Coalition Party, with support of just over 18 percent. The National Coalition Party is the party of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

The center is in third place, with support of around 14 percent.

The Finns Party is in fourth place, with support of just under 14 percent.

Party meetings

Petteri Orpo.

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Photo: Silja Viitala / Yle

Many parties held a meeting this weekend. The party meeting was organized by the National Coalition Party, the Center Party, the Finnish People’s Party and Movement Now.

The National Coalition Party elected Prime Minister Petteri Orpo as the party’s chairman in Jyväskylä. Petteri Orpo has been the chairman of the National Coalition Party since 2016. MP Karoliina Partanen was elected as the deputy chairman of the National Coalition Party. The election was a surprise.

Antti Kaikkonen will continue as chairman of the Centre Party and Anders Adlercreutz will continue as chairman of the RKP.

Energy drinks

Energy drinks are lined up on the refrigerated shelf of the store.

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Photo: Selma Rita / Yle

Next news about energy drinks.

The authority wants to ban the sale of energy drinks to those under 18.

Young people are drinking more energy drinks than before. Many young people get too much caffeine from energy drinks. Many young people are also addicted to energy drinks.

The authority has previously recommended that stores not sell energy drinks to those under the age of 15. The recommendation is not a law, and not all stores follow the recommendation.

Golden Celebration

A crowd at the Lions’ golden celebration in front of the Olympic Stadium.

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Photo: Jani Saikko / Yle

This week we celebrated Finland’s World Cup gold medal, which Finland won in ice hockey. The World Ice Hockey Championship is Finland’s 5th.

The Finns celebrated the championship a week ago on Sunday. At that time, a large number of people gathered to celebrate, for example in the center of Helsinki.

The celebrations continued on Monday, when a large public celebration was held in Helsinki.

Over 70,000 people attended the party. Players from the Finnish ice hockey team were present at the party. Popular singers also performed at the party.

This was a news week in plain Finnish. See you again, let’s hear from you!