The video shows Marin imitating a song on camera and dancing with a group of people at the party. She admitted she celebrated in a “noisy way” but said the video was personal and she was spending time with her friends.
She said she had attended the party in recent weeks, but did not specify where or when. Her office did not respond to a request for further comment.
Marin’s status as a powerful young woman in a male-dominated field and her contemporary “work hard, play hard” ethic resonates with many women in Finland and beyond post video On social media, they danced with the hashtag #solidaritywithsanna.
MEP Tilly Metz, from Luxembourg, said: “I think politicians – whether young women, old women, young men or old men, should have the right to disconnect and to dance. ” one such video on Twitter.
“It’s very important that politicians show that they’re just people with emotions, friends, in order to stay connected and have fun.”
Dr. Elif Cindik, a 50-year-old psychiatrist and director of two medical centers in Munich, also posted a video of her dancing with Christmas lights around her neck to show that critics “can’t hurt us. “.
“It shouldn’t hurt a woman who is dancing and partying,” she said.
The party frenzy was added to a leaked photo earlier this week showing two topless women kissing with a sign that said “Finland” on their breasts. Marin apologized for the photo taken at his official residence on the coast of Helsinki this summer, saying it was inappropriate.
The Prime Minister also conducted drug tests to end any speculation over whether the party that initially caused the public uproar involved anything other than alcohol.
Her office said Monday that she had tested negative.
Critics say the gathering is untimely, Finland faces rising energy prices and its application to join NATO is pending in the wake of Russia’s war with Ukraine. This isn’t the first time Marin has been criticized for an untimely party: She publicly apologized in December for hanging out until 4 a.m. without a work phone and missing a notice saying she was a close contacts of a person who tested positive. coronavirus disease.
However, the latest scandal appears to have had little effect on her popularity in Finland.
A survey of 1,275 Finns by media firm MTV Uutisten earlier this week found that about 30 percent believed Marin’s party undermined her qualifications as prime minister, while 44 percent said they thought her Partying will not affect her ability to carry out her duties because the Prime Minister does not consider it inappropriate for the Prime Minister to attend a party.
Anu Koivunen, a professor of gender studies at the University of Turku in the country’s southwest, said many in the country “see the gender disparity here and defend Marin’s right to party”. “They supported her right to privacy and the right to party, but not necessarily her politics or government.”
Others lamented that the scandal diverted attention from Marin’s policies.
Fatim Diarra, leader of Naisasialiitto Unioni, Finland’s largest feminist group, said: “In this era of strong female leadership, it’s really It is very regrettable.”
She added: “We’re not actually talking about major political changes that are happening in the country. Instead, we’re talking about parties.”
Associated Press and Reuters contributed.
