Finland's likely next PM seeks deal with euro-sceptical The Finns


Center Party Chairman Juha Sipila gives a speech at the party's election celebrations in Oulu April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Markku Ruottinen/Lehtikuva

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's likely next prime minister, Juha Sipila, said on Monday his Centre Party will make a special effort to find common ground with The Finns party, which wants a rebate on European Union payments and tighter restrictions on immigration, as he tries to put together a governing coalition.

Sipila, whose party won an April 19 parliamentary election with 21.1 percent of vote, said while he had several possibilities for putting together a coalition government, he had formed a team to work on difficult questions with The Finns, the second-biggest group.

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