The Finnish Prime Minister, Sana Marin, was seriously insulted when she was mocked by Estonia's Interior Minister, Mart Helmi, as a "sales girl". This minister, who leads the far-right "Aircry" party, questioned Marin's ability (34 years) to run the country. However, Estonian President Kirsty Kalgold was quick to apologize for Helmy's comments during a phone call to Finnish President, Sole Niño, on Monday, according to a statement on the Finnish President's website.

Helmy commented on a radio talk show last Sunday on his party's radio, saying: "We are now seeing a sales girl who has become prime minister, and that some other street and uneducated activists have joined the cabinet."

Marin, who leads the Finnish Social Democratic Party, had previously talked about her life, how she grew up in a disadvantaged family, and was working as a cashier in a store, before studying at university. She became the youngest prime minister at the moment in the world, as she was installed earlier this month as the successor to the country's former leader, Ante Ren. Women lead five main parties in Finland, four of them in their thirties. "I am very proud of Finland," Marin says. "Here a child from a poor family can educate himself and achieve his goals in life, and the cashier can become a prime minister."

On Monday, Helmy justified his remarks on Marin, saying: “This specific sentence that I mentioned about the Finnish Prime Minister, which some have interpreted as offensive, is really a compliment to her, because it is a frank admission that someone in a low social position can work and go their way up to a climax. Politics".

On Tuesday, Helmy survived a no-confidence vote in the Estonian parliament because of his comments. This comes after the President of Estonia and its Prime Minister, Yuri Ratas, spoke on Sunday by phone, and the President suggested "replacing the Minister of the Interior". The opposition Reform Party led the move in parliament. Its leader, Kaga Klass, said that Helmy had "repeatedly hurt the reputation of the Estonian state, and if we allow him to continue in his position as minister, he will humiliate Estonia even more." Klas added that her call for withdrawal was supported by other opposition parties.

The 70-year-old historian, who served as Estonia's ambassador to Russia, mocked the ruling Social Democrats, Marin, saying its policy was to "liquidate" Finland. Helmy is known in Estonia for his political passion and scandalous comments on women, including the personal attacks on Kaliwald, Estonia's first female president, who he described earlier this year as an "emotionally hot woman". He is the president and co-founder of the anti-immigrant Estonian Conservative Party. His son Martin Helmy is the party's vice president, the current finance minister of the Baltic, and three ministers from the Helmy party have resigned from the cabinet over various scandals since this government took power in April.

Helmy is known in Estonia for his passion

Politician and his scandalous comments on women,

Including personal assaults

Ali Kaliulid, the first female president of Estonia,

Which he described earlier in this

The year as an "emotionally hot woman."