Finnish nationalists threaten EU bailouts

AFP: Finnish nationalists threaten EU bailouts after poll gains
"HELSINKI — Finland's nationalist True Finns party on Monday threatened to block EU bailouts after surging to a surprisingly strong position in weekend polls that sent parliament lurching to the right.

The once-tiny populist party catapulted to third place in Sunday's parliamentary elections, hot on the heels of poll winner the conservative National Coalition and runner-up leftist Social Democrats.

The True Finns' dazzling rise from being the Nordic country's smallest parliamentary party to the political big league has sent shockwaves through the European Union, fearful the party will prove a stumbling block to Finland's approval of a bailout to debt-ravaged Portugal."
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