2017 Finnish government crisis

The 2017 Finnish government crisis followed the Finns Party leadership election held on 10 June 2017.

Sipilä's government retained a majority in Finland's parliament as the Finnish Reform Movement continued as a member of the coalition.

[1] Prior to the crisis, the Finns Party had 37 MPs in the Finnish parliament and was represented in the Sipilä Cabinet by five ministers.

On the same day, Laura Huhtasaari, Teuvo Hakkarainen and Juho Eerola, all aligned with Halla-aho, were elected vice chairs of the party.

[9] On 19 June, Terho announced that a new party would be formed based on the New Alternative parliamentary group under the name The Finnish Reform Movement.

[16] However, the accusation was later debunked as the picture was taken on the day following the election and actually depicted participants engaging in show-of-hands voting.