Who is Petteri Orpo, the Man Set to Be Finland's New PM?
National Coalition leader Petteri Orpo is a fiscal conservative, who has promised to cut unemployment benefits, reduce public debt, and allow tax cuts.
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National Coalition leader Petteri Orpo is a fiscal conservative, who has promised to cut unemployment benefits, reduce public debt, and allow tax cuts.
A coalition between winning National Coalition Party and runner-ups nationalist Finns Party appear the most likely outcome from the tightly contested election.
Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, loses her battle to stay in power for a second term after her centre-left party was narrowly beaten into third place by its conservative and far-right rivals.
"This was a great victory," said the 53-year-old head of the conservative National Coalition Party to his supporters. "On the basis of this election result... we will start negotiating a government in Finland."
HELSINKI: Prime Minister Sanna Marin, centre-right National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo, and far-right head...