Finland prepares for euro break-up

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Finland's foreign minister said the country is taking measures to prepare itself for a full-blown currency crisis in Europe.

He also said the nordic country will not tolerate further bail-out creep or fiscal union by stealth, the Daily Telegraph reports. "We have to face openly the possibility of a euro break-up," said Erkki Tuomioja, the country's foreign minister and a member of the Social Democratic Party, one of six that make up the country's coalition government. "It is not something that anybody - even the True Finns [eurosceptic party] - are advocating in Finland, let alone the government. But we have to be prepared," he told the Telegraph." He said everyone is thinking about the possibility of a ...

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