Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her husband Markus Raikkonenare divorcing. This was announced by Marin and Raikann on their Instagram profiles. Both shared a photo together and wrote that they were grateful for the years together and for their beloved daughter. They would continue to spend time together and as a family in the future. Marin and Räikann, an entrepreneur and former footballer of TPV Tampere, have been a couple for 19 years, they had married in 2020, their daughter is five years old.

Julian Staib

Political correspondent for Northern Germany and Scandinavia, based in Hamburg.

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The 37-year-old Marin was elected Prime Minister of Finland in 2019. In the parliamentary elections at the beginning of April, her Social Democrats had become only the third strongest force, Marin had announced afterwards that she wanted to give up the party chairmanship. Currently, she is only caretaker prime minister until a new government is formed. In the coalition talks, a conservative government alliance with the participation of the right-wing populist grassroots Finns is emerging. In all likelihood, Marin's Social Democrats will go into opposition.

Marin had led the country through the Corona pandemic and into NATO. Domestically, she remained controversial, from the conservative side she had been accused of dividing the country. Abroad, Marin repeatedly attracted attention with clear condemnations of the Russian war of aggression, which earned her high recognition in some cases. Last week, for example, she received the "Helmut Schmidt Future Prize" in Hamburg, which is awarded by the newspaper "ZEIT", among others. Marin was also praised for making Finland a model country in terms of climate protection. The fact that Finland relies heavily on nuclear power in the energy transition was not addressed. The audience at the Thalia Theatre, where the prize was awarded, gave Marin a standing ovation.

At the award ceremony, Marin said that the West had made "many mistakes" in dealing with Russia, and that it was important to ensure "that Ukraine wins the war". "We have to give them everything they need" and "as long as it takes".

In Finland, meanwhile, speculation about Marin's future continues. After losing the parliamentary election, she had announced, without giving further details, that she wanted to turn a new page in her life. There is speculation that she could take a job in Brussels or move to the European Parliament for Finland's Social Democrats.