Finnish ruling coalition survives for now as economic recovery talks continue

FILE PHOTO: Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin arrives for the first face-to-face EU summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium July 19, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Talks between the five parties in Finland's centre left ruling coalition on how to restart the economy will move into a second week on Wednesday, avoiding for now the risk that the government would face imminent collapse.

Fears that the Centre Party would quit the coalition had raised concerns about what would happen with the Nordic country's vote to ratify the European Union's pandemic recovery fund, due by the end of the week.