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I did not follow any concrete criteria. It more comes back to what I believed was best for Finland. From that perspective, I always tried to see how we can influence Finland more.

I also tried to look how to get things done more effectively moneywise. I was always saying that I would rather save money and put it to grandma's daycare than putting it somewhere where it does not deliver anything. We tried to do cost-effective things to deliver what was sensible with the money we had. In my department, I also said that let us have money unspent or leftover at the end of the year, and hope that it would be used wisely elsewhere in the state, rather than use it for something we do not really need.

It comes from my private sector background where I had to cut costs every year some 10 or 15 percent, and that was a tough job. At home, you also do not waste money at the end of the year. So, it is common sense not to waste money.