Finland's Social Democrats seek coalition allies as political landscape fragments


  • World
  • Monday, 15 Apr 2019

FILE PHOTO: Social Democratic Party leader Antti Rinne listens during an interview in Helsinki, Finland April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Attila Cser/File Photo

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Social Democrats (SDP) embarked on Monday on the complex task of forming a governing coalition, after beating a nationalist, anti-immigration party by a hairsbreadth in the most fragmented election in the country's history.

The SDP, which finished first in Sunday's ballot with 17.7 percent, could team up with two smaller left-wing parties, its leader Antti Rinne said.

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