Finland’s outgoing PM Sanna Marin to resign as Social Democratic Party leader

Sanna Marin is to step down as party leader (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s outgoing prime minister Sanna Marin has that she will resign as the leader of the Social Democratic Party at the next party congress in the autumn.

“Now is the time to get in line again and leave the chairman’s place,” Ms Marin, 37, said during a news conference in Helsinki.