Finland’s ‘most rightwing government ever’ to cut spending and immigration

Four-party coalition including far-right Finns agrees deal on austerity and to tighten up citizenship rules

Finland will slash spending, cut immigration and tighten up citizenship rules under a new four-party coalition government including the far-right Finns party and headed by the conservative leader Petteri Orpo.

The coalition of Orpo’s National Coalition party (NCP), the Finns, the Swedish People’s party (RKP) and the Christian Democrats has a majority of 108 MPs in the 200-seat parliament and was unveiled on Friday after 11 weeks of sometimes stormy negotiations.