Centre-right Stubb leads Finland's presidential race in poll


National Coalition presidential candidate Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb attend his election reception in Helsinki, Finland, January 28, 2024. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS/File Photo

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Centre-right Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party is seen to lead liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto ahead of the run-off in Finland's presidential race on Feb. 11, a poll by Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat showed on Tuesday.

Finland is electing a new president to lead the country's foreign and security policy in its new role within NATO after it broke with decades of non-alignment to join the Western defence alliance in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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