Dethroned at home, Finland's Stubb lives and breathes Europe


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  • Saturday, 03 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: Finland's Alexander Stubb attends a press breefing at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo

HELSINKI/BERLIN (Reuters) - He was too sporty, too international and too outspoken for his small country -- but he has no qualms about campaigning to become the next European Commission President.

Alexander Stubb, who was Finland's prime minister and then finance minister before being ditched by his own party in 2016, is the only declared rival to Germany's more conservative Manfred Weber in the race to lead the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) into next year's EU election.

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