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Sander Sassen asked Bart if his salary had been paid in the past few months. He said he could not think of any other explanation for the lack of measures regarding the influx and asked if he was overlooking another excuse. https://t.co/Nn9Bg1q5bP #Salaris #Instroom #Vraag (translated)

Tere Sammallahti asked whether it would be treasonous activity if a member of the Left Alliance had tried to prevent Finland's NATO membership by falsely appearing as a representative of parliament in Turkey. He also asked Li Andersson if Laakso had acted with her mandate. https://t.co/p41B1aDce6 #Nato #Politiikka #Suomi (translated)

The Belgian royal couple, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, were received with all honors on Monday during an impressive ceremony at the presidential palace in Astana, where they were welcomed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokaïev and various high representatives of both countries. #Kazakhstan #CoupleRoyal #VisiteDÉtat (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that he doubted whether Vladimir Putin had a realistic understanding of the situation in the war in Ukraine or whether he would be willing to accept information contrary to his own views. Vanhanen assessed that in Russia's system, reporting bad news to the leadership could be dangerous and that the military leadership, subordinates, or the president's inner circle might distort or filter information. Vanhanen referred to a recent assessment by the think tank ISW, which stated that Ukraine's successful counteroffensive in northern Donetsk had shattered Russia's plan to encircle the region's key defensive cities from two directions. According to him, Russia's goal of capturing the entire Donetsk region appeared to be further away as a result. Vanhanen wrote that Putin might continue the war to achieve unrealistic goals if he believed that Russia was closer to victory than reality suggests. He deemed it even more concerning that Putin might be receiving accurate information but did not want to believe it. Vanhanen emphasized that Russia's military failure, in his view, might not necessarily change Putin's goals or his desire to continue the war. He believed that an unrealistic situational picture could lead to the prolongation of the war and taking greater risks, and he appealed for continued support for Ukraine and to resist Russia's military pressure. https://t.co/Lb2advefv2 #Ukraina #Putin #sota (translated)

Jarmo Friman wrote that the rapidly changing social media messages distracted attention from what he saw as the ongoing farce in the United States. He described the president's posts as completely soft and downright false. According to Friman, there has also started to be shame or fear among those who previously strongly supported Trump and the MAGA movement, and the president's actions are no longer hailed as brilliant political chess. #politiikka #USA #some (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari wrote that Sanna Marin had been in Italy promoting her book and told Corriere della Sera that she would likely not run for office unless Russia attacked Finland. In that case, according to Huhtasaari, Marin would have said she was available. Huhtasaari interpreted the statement as positioning herself rather than expressing a willingness to be a victim. According to her, Marin implied that conventional political work did not match her capabilities and that only a crisis threatening Finland's existence would be a sufficiently significant task. Huhtasaari compared this to the scale of historical leaders such as Kekkonen, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew, and George Washington, using the metaphor of the "Napoleon syndrome" to describe the phenomenon. She specified that she did not mean it as a diagnosis. Huhtasaari also criticized the contradiction between Marin's book discussing hope and the self-image conveyed in the interview. She argued that the role of politics was to build structures that functioned without a single politician. As examples of such builders, she mentioned Lee Kuan Yew, who influenced Singapore's development, and Mart Laar, who made economic and institutional decisions in post-independence Estonia. Huhtasaari believed that there had not been similar builders in Finland for decades and that Marin did not belong to their ranks. According to Huhtasaari, statesmen did not announce in advance when they would return to politics, but either did their job or stepped aside. She criticized Marin for traveling to present her book, which discussed decisions made behind closed doors, and for associating a potential return with Russia's attack. Huhtasaari described this as a fantasy of seeing herself as a historical exception. #SannaMarin #Politiikka #Historia (translated)