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The Finn Red Line

The Economist reports on Finland’s role in the Euro Crisis: It has least to gain from a grand bargain to save the euro – and that could prove to become a big problem. As things currently stand around the Finn Red Line, Finland’s minister, Jutta Urpilainen, caused a stir when she said that her country would “not hang itself to the euro at any cost”. And while it is true that Finland has the most to lose from a pooling of sovereign debts, it might also have least to gain from keeping the euro show on the road…

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