Country choosing between former PM Alexander Stubb and ex-foreign minister Pekka HaavistoFinland headed back to the polls on Sunday for a runoff vote in the country’s most high-stakes presidential election in a generation.The former prime minister Alexander Stubb, of the centre-right National Coalition party, led in the polls but his rival Pekka Haavisto, a former foreign minister and a member of the Green party who is running as an independent, had narrowed the gap in the last few days of campaigning. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/11/finland-goes-to-polls-in-high-stakes-presidential-runoff
Author : Miranda Bryant in Stockholm
Publish date : 2024-02-11 16:16:52
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