Finnish President Sauli Niinisto approved the resignation of the government at a meeting with the country’s prime minister, Juha Sipila, on Friday morning; the meeting was broadcast on the television channel MTV3.
“I am accepting [the government’s resignation],” Niinisto said during a brief conversation with Sipila, as aired by the MTV3 broadcaster.
According to Finnish broadcaster YLE, Sipila will ask President Sauli Niinisto to dissolve Parliament later in the day.