{"id":11748,"date":"2020-05-25T14:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=11748"},"modified":"2020-05-25T14:22:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:22:39","slug":"yle-poll-corona-crisis-has-unified-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/weben\/yle-poll-corona-crisis-has-unified-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Yle poll: Corona crisis has unified Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>The corona crisis has harmed Finnish society, but also brought more unity and strength, according to respondents to an Yle survey. The Taloustutkimus poll was carried out in mid-May and published on Sunday. Some 98 percent of respondents said they believe the Covid-19 pandemic has damaged Finnish society. Nearly half described the level of damage as high or extremely high. However a plurality of respondents, 39 percent, said they do not expect the crisis to have any major long-term impact on society. Nearly as many, 36 percent, said that Finland\u2019s people will be \u201cstronger together\u201d after the pandemic, while 19 percent expect the nation to be weaker and more fragmented.<\/p>\n<p>Major societal upheavals such as wars and economic depressions have traditionally boosted feelings of cohesion. Some such experiences that shaped entire generations. In Finland, this occurred during the Winter War (1939-40) and the severe recession of the 1990s, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Juho Saari, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tampere University, says that crises particularly enhance cohesion when a society has confidence in its leaders. Finland\u2019s response to the corona crisis has been personified by Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who took over as the world\u2019s youngest prime minister in December, just as the pandemic was beginning to appear in China. In Saari\u2019s view, she has succeeded in managing publicity while the government has appeared unified and presented a common message. \u201cStudies indicate that Finns\u2019 confidence in public sector leaders is among the highest in Europe,\u201d Saari says. \u201cWe in Finland tend to seek consensus in reforms that are based on strong leadership and administration,\u201d he adds. Saari warns that the sense of unity and cohesion will not last long if inequality increases as the crisis fades. He predicts that the feeling of unity will last for 2\u20133 years at most after the worst of the crisis is over.<\/p>\n<p>Taloustutkimus interviewed 1422 people between 15\u201318 May. The pollster says the sample is representative of Finland\u2019s population aged 15 and older. It estimates the margin of error at about 2.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/uutiset\/osasto\/news\/yle_poll_corona_crisis_has_unified_finland\/11366124\">Yle\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The corona crisis has harmed Finnish society, but also brought more unity and strength, according to respondents to an Yle survey. 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