Finland’s Parliament will interrupt its summer recess on Tuesday to hear a government statement on the Garden Helsinki arena project. The move comes amid a long-running political dispute over the project’s conditional state aid.

The extraordinary plenary session was requested by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and approved by Speaker Jussi Halla-aho. The session will be held in Helsinki, but no further details about the government’s position have been made public at this stage.

The statement is expected to clarify how the government views the project and what happens next with the proposed support. It also puts renewed attention on the conditions under which the state can back large arena developments.