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Finland: Millionaire Austerity Proponent Wins Election

HeadlineApr 20, 2015

In Finland, a millionaire former telecommunications executive who advocates austerity policies has won election as the next prime minister. Juha Sipilä will likely need to form a coalition government with the right-wing, anti-immigration Finns Party, which wants to expel Greece from the European Union.

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