Live broadcast: Debate on the budget of heat - minister accused the theater, the opposition get injured

The parliamentary plenary session, the opposition grilled the government to low income affected by the cuts, and the government highlights the employment achievements.Follow this live broadcast.

the Parliamentary finance committee has made a report on the government's budget proposal for the year 2019. The parliament decides on the report this week. The parliament has discussed the report at 14 o'clock onwards. Evening magazine show to discuss the live broadcast.

finance committee chairman, presentation speech after the debate to continue a group's speech and then debatilla.

the Debate was hot. Opposition party delegates stressed how the ”cold feet” the government has given low-income, unemployed and pensioners. The government in turn accused the opposition lillukan shaft of the transmission, when in the big picture, the government has taken the Finnish economy and employment development in the right direction.

the European-, culture - and sports minister Sampo Terho (sin) described the opposition's criticism of cuts in the sleepy theater. Acorn notes that are all in turn been doing nasty cuts.

Acorn comment raised a lot of hue and cry in opposition. For example, Aino-Kaisa Pekonen (left) is surprised that the minister Acorn called the theater in the most important treatment. He wondered how the government parties representatives underestimated the basic security cuts.

(ps), in turn, told me she likes Acorn theatre-speeches offensive and häpäisevin.

the evening paper followed the budget debate moment by moment.

finance minister Petteri Orphan was welcome news to the state of the debt, but economic growth is once again stalling. Jenni Gästgivar / ILLeikkaukset

finance minister Petteri Orphan (ioc) got to the end of the year good news, because the national debt is responsible for managing the state treasury did not have to raise 2.2 billion euro tranche, which was planned for the year-end. This means that state revenues exceed this year's spending and Finland may reduce the state debt. A similar situation is not a decade.

the Opposition wondered in the plenary, why the government is done so in strict economic policies and targeted cuts to low-income people, although the Finnish economy has gone so well.

for Example, the SDP Antti Lindtman wondered that Finland's economic growth and state debt will be shortened, but even in this situation, the government cut the basic income, such as veteran's pensions.

an Orphan promised in the session, that the veterans of the front additional things to apply to the solution of the minister of Pirkko Mattila (sin), under the leadership i.e. the government parties are getting things to change.

an Orphan stressed that the economic growth is forecast to slow down and next year's budget will be financed on credit. Therefore, now is not the Orposta book plush of the election promises of the sharing.

– the Best election promise is, that stopped with the indebtedness. It, which now is satisfied, it coagulates, Orphan look.

treatment

treatment proceeds for the current week so that the whole budget of the general debate after going to the section-specific general discussion. Among them, the finance committee of the chambers of presenting their report for each section. Each section let's debate demonstration speeches.

the Budget report prepared by the parliamentary finance committee is concerned about the economic slowdown. Yet this year the economy is forecast to grow three per cent, then fell silent.

the Economic outlook remains favorable, but faster growth is projected to be already behind us, as the ministry of finance forecasts growth will slow to 1.7% in 2019, and about 1.5% in the coming years. Also other economic forecasts drawn up by the parties (including the Bank of Finland, Etla, PTT) estimate growth to decline, albeit slightly VM's forecast for a slight more, i.e. over 2 per cent. Economic growth to slow mm. construction investment contraction, when abnormally high level rise apartment production declined, the finance committee said in its report.

”Structural problems”

the Parliamentary finance committee the report also highlights the fact that structural problems are not in this government period gone anywhere. According to the committee, ”the favourable phase of the business cycle conceal the fiscal structural problems”.

– Good cyclical situation in public finances into debt further and is forecast to remain structurally in deficit over the economic boom. Public finances is not thus arise such a maneuver, which can be prepared for the future recession and population ageing major expenditure pressures. Also the EU fiscal treaty, structural jäämälle the set target not met due to key in the tax rate lowers and tax nature of the payment reduction.

according to forecasts of international economic growth will slow from 2019 onwards, in addition to which there are risk factors that can lead to clearly worse development. These are mm. the public and private sector, high indebtedness, financial sector fragility in many countries, the Italian situation and the protectionism of the spread. On the other hand, total production and employment rates in Finland are still many comparator countries at a lower level, thus anticipating the Finnish economic growth continued, the committee said.