Marin said she considered calls for a drug test to be “unfair” but had agreed to it to dispel any suggestion she had taken drugs. In the clip, which first appeared on social media this week, other partygoers mention the word cocaine. “In the last few days, there have been quite serious public accusations that I was in a place where they used drugs or that I myself used drugs,” Marin told a news conference in Helsinki on Friday. “I find these charges very serious and although I find the drug request unfair, for my own legal protection and to clarify any doubts I have taken a drug test today, the results of which will be announced. one week.” Marin, 36, became Finland’s prime minister in 2019 and was at the time the world’s youngest elected government leader. She has become known for combining her demanding prime ministerial duties with an active social life and enjoys parties, nightclubs and music festivals. During the pandemic she apologized for going to a nightclub just hours after meeting her foreign minister, who had tested positive for Covid-19. Also, she had not taken her official mobile phone with her. After video emerged this week of her partying with friends, she faced calls from opposition politicians and a member of her tripartite coalition to take a drug test. On Friday, Marin said she had never taken any type of drug “even in my teenage years.” Asked if she knew if any of the other guests at the private event had taken drugs, she replied: “Of course, I can’t know if someone has used something that I haven’t seen. On the night shown in the video, I did not notice that anyone had used it [drugs].” Marin has faced some criticism for the party at a time of multiple crises for her government, including heightened tensions with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Marin said she was always in touch in a crisis and “ready to do work.” “I haven’t missed any prime ministerial duties because I was spending time with my friends,” he said. “I believe that Finnish society and its resilience can bear me singing and dancing with my friends. “I personally hope that in 2022 it will be acceptable for people in such a determined position to spend the night singing and dancing.”