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Petteri Orpo, likely successor of Sanna Marin as PM, says government should be in place by June

The head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, which came first in April 2 elections, says he will start talks to form a center-right coalition government that would see power-sharing with a far-right anti-immigration party

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 results of Finland’s parliamentary elections signal a tumultuous period ahead. This was to a certain degree foreseen by pre-election polls, which indicated that prime minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) was about to lose to the opposition conservative National Coalition Party (Kok), led by Petteri Orpo.

Popularity could not save Social Democratic leader from European trend for political fragmentation

In today’s newsletter: By all means a popular prime minister, Marin has quit ahead of a likely right-wing coalition government capitalising on tough economic times

Editorial: Defeat for the social democrats and a charismatic leader is a result that reverberates beyond the country’s borders

The Finnish leader will need to make tough decisions quickly to get the country back on track.

Petteri Orpo’s NCP pushes party of predecessor Sanna Marin into third place in tight election

Finland's center-right National Coalition Party, headed by Petteri Orpo, eked out a narrow victory over the country's populist party. Sanna Marin's party fell to third place.

Finnish voters have given a boost to conservative parties in a weekend election, depriving the popular left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin of another term as the country prepares to make its historic entry into NATO in the coming days