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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 14, 2022 12:08:18 GMT -5
If you ever watching Vikings tv series watch season 4 and 5 they really going into Sami culture Three weeks ago, nobody in the Finnish government was talking about rights for Sámi, the EU's only recognised indigenous people. Few Finns even knew -- or cared to know -- there were any problems with a stalled piece of human rights legislation. But now it's a subject that's regularly leading news bulletins, prompting ministers to write editorials in newspapers, sparking discussions on podcasts and gaining international media attention. It could even be the final straw in bringing down Sanna Marin's government. The Sámi Parliament Act sets out how the Finnish government interacts with the Sámi Parliament in Inari on matters that affect Sámi people. Previous attempts to pass an act, after lengthy negotiations, have failed at the Sámi Parliament level but this new version has been sitting ready for the last 18 months. The Finnish government failed to act on it until a Euronews investi www.euronews.com/2022/11/14/sanna-marins-government-could-collapse-as-sami-human-rights-laws-stalled
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