Finland's government resigned on Friday after ditching plans to reform the ...
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila announces his government's resignation at a news conference at his official residence, Kesaranta, in Helsinki, Finland March 8, 2019. Lehtikuva/Seppo Samuli via REUTERS
The president approved Prime Minister Juha Sipila’s resignation and asked his government to continue as a care-taker government until a new cabinet has been appointed. Financial constraints are colliding with the healthcare costs imposed by Finland’s fast-ageing population. But cutting those costs is a major political obstacle in a Nordic country that historically has provided an extensive — and expensive — healthcare system.
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