Sanna Marin: Partying Finnish PM cleared of neglecting duties

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has been cleared of misconduct aft video successful August showed her partying.

The 36-year-old defended herself aft being seen dancing with friends and celebrities successful the leaked footage.

Dozens of complaints are understood to person been filed, alleging Ms Marin's behaviour undermined Finland's "reputation and security".

But Chancellor of Justice Tuomas Poysti concluded that Ms Marin had not neglected her duties arsenic premier minister.

There was "no crushed to fishy the premier curate of unlawful behaviour successful the show of her duties oregon of neglect of her authoritative duties", helium said aft an authoritative inquiry.

Ms Marin took a cause trial "to wide up immoderate doubts", aft immoderate suggested comments heard connected the video referred to narcotics. The trial came backmost negative.

At the time, the premier curate said that the video had been filmed connected "private premises" and that she had spent "an evening with friends".

When asked astir the video, she told reporters: "I americium human. And I excessively sometimes agelong for joy, airy and amusive amidst these acheronian clouds."

The incidental led to galore women coming retired successful enactment of Ms Marin. In Finland, women took to societal media to station videos of themselves dancing successful solidarity.

Ms Marin publically thanked Hillary Clinton, aft the US person told her to "keep dancing".

She was catapulted to powerfulness successful 2019, becoming the world's youngest serving premier curate astatine the property of 34.

Ms Marin is seen arsenic a left-winger who powerfully advocates for Finland's payment system.

The Covid pandemic and Russia's penetration of Ukraine defined the archetypal years of her premiership. She oversaw Finland's exertion to articulation Nato aft expanding nationalist enactment to go members of the Western antiaircraft confederation successful effect to Russia's actions.

She is expected to articulation different satellite leaders astatine COP27 successful Egypt adjacent week.