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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Finland’s conservatives to open coalition talks with far-right party

Petteri Orpo gives a press conference
Petteri Orpo is the leader of the conservative National Coalition party, which finished first at the last elections. Photograph: Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images

Finland’s conservative National Coalition party has said it will open formal coalition talks with the far-right, anti-immigration Finns party and two smaller groups to form the country’s next government.

Petteri Orpo, who is likely to succeed the Social Democrat Sanna Marin as prime minister after his NCP finished first in the 2 April elections, said negotiations would start on Tuesday and a government should hopefully be in place by June.

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