Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin lost to a pro-business opposition group in the Nordic country’s close parliamentary elections.
National Coalition leader Petteri Orpo declared victory as his center-right party took 48 seats, leaving the millennial leader’s Social Democrats in third place with 43 seats, behind the far-right Finns Party, which won 46 seats.
The outcome mirrors the shift in neighboring Sweden where a more inward-looking and fiscally conservative government, led by the Moderate Party, took power from the Social Democrats last year and an extreme anti-immigrant force surged in popularity.
