After much deliberation, Finland’s Constitutional Law Committee ruled on Tuesday that because of constitutional implications the EU’s €750 billion COVID-19 stimulus package requires a two-thirds majority in the Finnish parliament. The committee’s decision, which was decided by a margin of one vote (9-8), means that the EU’s recovery package would need the approval of two-thirds of Finnish MPs sitting in parliament, including from those sitting in the opposition. The package has gathered a lot of criticism mostly from fiscally-conservative opposition parties, the nationalist Finns Party and Christian Democrats, arguing that it could open the door for other such mechanisms. The opposition also criticised the fact that Finland would receive €2.9 billion as part of the package, but would have to pay back €6.6 million by 2058.