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Finland PM pulls plug on coalition in nationalism row | Finland PM pulls plug on coalition in nationalism row |
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Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila says his coalition can no longer go on with the Eurosceptic Finns party, after it elected an anti-immigration hardliner as leader. | Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila says his coalition can no longer go on with the Eurosceptic Finns party, after it elected an anti-immigration hardliner as leader. |
Jussi Halla-aho has been convicted of hate speech for anti-Islamic and anti-Somali comments on his blog. | Jussi Halla-aho has been convicted of hate speech for anti-Islamic and anti-Somali comments on his blog. |
His two partners in the ruling coalition said conditions were not right to work with the nationalists. | His two partners in the ruling coalition said conditions were not right to work with the nationalists. |
Opposition parties want a snap election but that is not expected at this stage. | Opposition parties want a snap election but that is not expected at this stage. |
The three-party coalition came to power in 2015, bringing the Finns into government for the first time as the second biggest party. | The three-party coalition came to power in 2015, bringing the Finns into government for the first time as the second biggest party. |
The Finns have seen their support flagging in recent months and picked Jussi Halla-aho as new leader at a party congress at the weekend. | The Finns have seen their support flagging in recent months and picked Jussi Halla-aho as new leader at a party congress at the weekend. |
He immediately called for a "more aggressive" approach to its policies on the EU and immigration. In a Facebook post on Monday, he complained that Mr Sipila would not agree to a harder stance on immigration policy. | He immediately called for a "more aggressive" approach to its policies on the EU and immigration. In a Facebook post on Monday, he complained that Mr Sipila would not agree to a harder stance on immigration policy. |
The prime minister told a news conference that the two remaining coalition parties had little in common with Mr Halla-aho's party. | |
"We already had to stretch our common values to the extreme, and now the differences in values are even bigger," he told reporters. | |
His National Coalition Party ally, Finance Minister Petteri Orpo, said the Finns leader's policies were difficult to accept. | |
The two parties have begun looking for a new partner to join the government, although opposition parties have indicated they want early elections. |
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