Finland’s largest cities join forces to protect interests in face of reform

The Helsinki skyline as viewed across Teollisuuskatu on 8 September, 2017. Finland’s largest cities are set to join forces to protect their interests in the face of the social, health care and regional government reform pursued by the government of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä (Centre). The leaders of the six largest cities have previously expressed their reservations especially about the regional government reform, arguing that the reform fails to take into account the role of urban areas as driv...