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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Anne Kauranen

Finland needs welfare cuts, opposition leader says ahead of election

Petteri Orpo, Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland that leads in polls ahead of the upcoming general elections on April 2, speaks during a campaign rally in Helsinki, Finland March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Essi Lehto

Finland should cut spending on unemployment benefits and other welfare programmes to stop public debt from creeping up, opposition leader Petteri Orpo told Reuters ahead of a closely fought election at the weekend.

National Coalition chief Orpo, 53, said cuts to housing benefits and subsidies to businesses were also required to make services viable for the Nordic nation's rapidly ageing population.

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