Finnish prime minister faces backlash after leaked dancing video

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin is going through harsh criticism after a video emerged on-line exhibiting her dancing at a celebration with a number of high-profile influencers.

Within the footage, which has been shared extensively on social media, Marin is seen dancing with a gaggle of buddies with voices within the background speaking about cocaine, in response to Finnish retailers. The movies elicited blended suggestions, with critics decrying the habits as inappropriate for a rustic's chief and calling on Marin to take a drug take a look at.

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“Only for the sake of the dialogue in public, it will be sensible if the prime minister voluntarily went by a drug screening, the outcomes of which might be made public by an impartial physique,” mentioned Mikko Karna, a member of the Finnish Parliament. “The individuals are additionally allowed to count on this from their prime minister.”

Marin denied drug use in a information convention on Thursday, noting she has “nothing to cover.” Marin, the world's youngest prime minister, has beforehand been seen partying and going to music festivals.

“I've danced, sung, celebrated, finished authorized issues,” the prime minister mentioned, noting she was not ingesting closely. “I trusted that because the movies are personal and printed at a non-public occasion, they might not be printed.”

Marin was criticized final 12 months after being seen at a nightclub regardless of stories she had been in shut contact with a authorities colleague who examined constructive for COVID-19. She apologized for the incident shortly after.