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One of the governing parties, the Centre, joined the opposition in torpedoing the bill, which would have given indigenous people more control over land use in northern Finland, among other issues.
Finland's right-wing parties decided there wasn't enough time for a parliament committee to discuss the new Sámi rights laws.
The majority of Finland's parties are opposed to making changes to the current conscription model, according to the results of Yle's security policy survey.
The Left Alliance was the only party to voice its categorical opposition to joining ahead of Sweden, the Finnish public broadcasting company reports.
The Finnish public broadcaster last week published a search engine that reveals details such as the number of pupils learning Finnish as a second language in schools across Finland.