Finnish Government Talks to Pause Over European Election Weekend

(Bloomberg) -- Ongoing talks to form a government in Finland are set to take a break during the weekend to allow negotiators to campaign in the European Parliament elections.

The talks, which formally started two weeks ago, are set to resume on Monday, the government’s communications department said Friday.

Antti Rinne of the Social Democrats had earlier set a Friday target for the five parties taking part in the talks to agree on a common platform.

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