Monday, October 29, 2012

Go, Finns Go!

The anti-euro Finns party won 12.3% of votes in yesterday’s Finnish local elections, more than doubling its 2008 result of 5%, but below both recent polls and the 19% the party achieved in last year’s parliamentary elections. The FT reports that their underperformance was due to traditional parties - the Social Democrats and Centre Party, taking a tougher line on the euro.FT WSJ EUobserver YLE

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