Finland’s Parliament has decided it will not accept any new bailout deal for Greece, media reports said, piling on pressure as eurozone Finance Ministers were locked in tortuous talks to stop the debt-laden country from crashing out of the euro.
lawmakers’ decision to push for a so-called "Grexit" came after the eurosceptic Finns Party, the second-largest in parliament, threatened to bring down the Government if it backed another rescue deal for Greece, public broadcaster Yle reported yesterday citing sources close to the talks.
In Finland, it is the country's "Grand Committee" -- made up of 25 of parliament's 200 MPs -- which gives the government a mandate to negotiate on an aid agreement for Greece.Members of the committee met for talks in Helsinki on yesterday afternoon to decide their position, YlE reported.The Finnish parliament declined to comment on the media report.
Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb, attending the Greek crisis talks in Brussels, meanwhile tweeted that he could not reveal the mandate given to him by the Grand Committee so long as the Eurogroup negotiations were still ongoing.