▲ 108 ▼ Finland quietly extends defence partnership with Israel (yle.fi) submitted 1 week ago by QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz [M] to c/finland@sopuli.xyz 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments Good that this article got also published in English. Really shameful.
[–] tuukkah@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (1 child) In Finland, the fear of Russia can override anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago Also likely some parties in the current government really liked this and the others didn't mind too much. So it was fairly cheap political capital to use in getting something or other also passed. This is how coalition government work, stuff that is important to some gets done when most don't seem to mind permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago Also likely some parties in the current government really liked this and the others didn't mind too much. So it was fairly cheap political capital to use in getting something or other also passed. This is how coalition government work, stuff that is important to some gets done when most don't seem to mind permalink fedilink source parent