In the official citizen initiative site there is
a new initiative for repealing the new law that screws over the unemployed. It was started 20.12. and just today got over the 50 000 signatures requirement that forces the parliament to process it. The signatures have exploded after the Christmas when the initiative has started spreading in the social media. To give more perspective, the gender neutral marriage initiative that is the most popular one until now got a bit over 150 000 signatures in the online service and ~16 000 elsewhere.
If this gathers enough support (the signature gathering time is six months) it will be interesting to see how the politicians react. The prime minister has already said that he doesn't care if he is re-elected as long as he gets his political initiatives through so there is not much leverage when it comes to him and I doubt the National Coalition Party's politicians and voters will give a shit about poor people whining. The voter backlash will probably concentrate on the prime minister's Center Party and NCP won't get hurt much if at all. My main hope is that this will give more momentum for the opposition in the next parliamentary elections.
Edit: I also appreciate both as an appropriate fuck you and a pressure method the fact that unemployed people have started flooding the parliamentarians who voted for the new law with job applications.
Edit 2: Hm. It seems NCP's support has dropped 2,5 points in
the latest gallup. They are still the biggest party and people connected to the party have gone to full attack mode against the new initiative and its supporters. It will be interesting to see if this is a temporary development (as I fear) or if their support keeps falling (as I hope). In the latter case the new law could be too poisonous to support and the initiative to repeal it could pass. There is hope.