Finland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini speaks during a news conference in Riga, Latvia, January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish foreign minister Timo Soini said on Sunday he would step down as leader of the nationalist and eurosceptic Finns party in June, a move which could challenge the future of the country's three-party government.
The departure of Soini paves the way for a more hard-line leadership, surveys have suggested, as many of its core voters bridled at compromises he made as part of an austerity-focused government that has cut workers' benefits while catering for an influx of migrants.
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