Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who was criticized for two party videos, has backing on the internet: under the hashtag #SolidaritywithSanna, numerous users from different countries have published videos showing them partying and dancing.

"We should all dance a little more," wrote a user from the Netherlands.

There was also support from Germany: The German Greens politician Hannah Neumann, for example, published a video of a Greens federal party conference in 2018, at which people danced eagerly.

At that time four women stood on a gallery, who rocked to the beat and let their arms swing.

"Good girls go to heaven, rockers go everywhere," wrote the MEP.

"For everyone who can't see it," Neumann also explained who was standing next to her in the gallery: today's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Franziska Brantner, now Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics, and Luise Amtsberg, today Human Rights Commissioner.

Stefan Seidler, who sits in the Bundestag for the South Schleswig Voters' Association, shared a video on Twitter that showed him dancing with a woman.

Posters from his party can be seen in the background.

He wrote: "Before anyone #leaked, here's mine.

Wilma and I only had beer and schnapps.”

The Austrian National Council member Henrike Brandstötter also shared a video of herself dancing.

She wears a glowing plastic crown on her head and has her hands up in the air.

"Mondseer Seefest in the summer of 2022 with all the ingredients: gingerbread heart, questionable Blinke crown, not very musical bawling..." wrote the NEOS politician.

A video from the Danish women's magazine "Alt for Damerne", which published a compilation of private videos by employees on Instagram, was also frequently shared.

"No, you won't be a worse prime minister, principal, schoolteacher...insert your own job...if you're on the dance floor this weekend."

Many users on social media complained about double standards towards the 36-year-old Finnish politician and posted videos of male politicians who had also been filmed dancing.

Footage from an election party after the last state election in Schleswig-Holstein, for example, caused a stir, smiles and, in the case of some viewers, possibly also feelings of being ashamed of others.

They showed the winner of the election, Daniel Günther (CDU) and other politicians doing a relaxed-looking “helicopter” dance to a corresponding party song.

Reference was also made to recordings of the summer party of the CDU parliamentary group this year.

Friedrich Merz's team not only posted clips of the dancing CDU boss, but also saved them as a permanently available highlight.

A Twitter user even collected several clips of various dancing heads of state: former Chancellor Angela Merkel and incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz can be seen, as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Also included is a clip of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksi, who was an actor before he took office and won the 2006 Ukrainian version of Dancing with the Stars.

Debate doesn't stop

Despite all the solidarity, the criticism of the two videos did not stop at the weekend either.

The main focus was whether Marin violated her official duties by partying or undermined the credibility of the government.

The leader of the small opposition Christian Democrat party, Sari Essayah, said there was concern that the prime minister's behavior may have posed a threat to the security of the country or herself.

Among other things, it was criticized that Marin was no longer on vacation at the time in question and that no replacement was planned.

However, Marin stated that he was always available and available in an emergency.

Marin countered speculation that she might have taken drugs on Friday by announcing that the results of a drug test that had already been carried out will be presented next week.

"I've never used drugs in my life, not even as a teenager," she said.