Negotiations to form a majority government with the nationalistic and populist Finns Party, the Swedish People’s Party and the Christian Democrats will start next week, Petteri Orpo, chair of the liberal-conservative National Coalition Party (NCP), told a press conference Thursday. Finland having a right-wing government at its helm would be historic as this will be the first time in over 100 years that governments are formed with parties other than the Social Democrats or the Centre Party. Meanwhile, outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said she was worried about possible cuts in public services in the social and health care sectors, while the outgoing Green Environment Minister, Maria Ohisalo, said she hoped the country would not isolate itself internationally and emphasised the need to continue working towards improving biodiversity