Sanna Marin: why Finland’s PM is facing calls to step down

Social Democrat leader admits to ‘boisterous’ partying after leaked videos surface

Sanna Marin speaks to reporters
Marin has faced criticism over her private life before
(Image credit: Matias Honkamma/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)

Critics of Finland’s prime minister are calling for her to resign after a source told a Finnish tabloid that they had seen her dance “intimately” with several men in a Helsinki nightclub.

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