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Finland's election winner seeks to govern with anti-immigration party

National Coalition chair Petteri Orpo speaks during a news conference at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland on Thursday, 27th April, 2023. Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa via REUTERS

Finland's conservative National Coalition, winner of this month's parliamentary election, said on Thursday it hopes to form a majority government together with the eurosceptic, anti-immigration Finns Party and two smaller groups.

The four parties will negotiate under the leadership of National Coalition Party (NCP) head Petteri Orpo, a fiscal conservative who is widely expected to replace left-wing leader Sanna Marin as Finland's next prime minister.

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