Furthermore, Parliament may approve the same law again after it has been rejected by the President. If this happens, the President must then sign it. Under the 1991 constitutional reform, the President cannot dissolve Parliament if the Prime Minister has not made a proposal to that effect. The most recent phenomenon has been the rise of the environmentally aware Green League, first to Parliament and then into the Government. I n Parliament it is essential for the parties to cooperate in the preparation of legislation and the Budget, but the representatives of the parties in Government are traditionally loyal to the Government line and the opposition parties do not normally form strong coalitions.
Government coalitions are large, perhaps too large, and their line-up politically unconventional.
In 2000, Tarja Halonen was elected Finland's first woman President. Summ ary I n Finnish parliamentarism, the Government is the preparatory and executive body that produces material for Parliament to handle, approve or reject. The material is submitted to the President twice, but normally no conflicts arise between the President and the Government, or the President and Parliament. A conflict between Parliament and the Government may lead to the Government's fall. Since the 1980s, Governments have been so strong that the opposition has had no way of toppling them.