RPT-UPDATE 1-True Finns set for govt, see EU bailout changes

The True Finns, the anti-euro party voted into
a powerful role in the Helsinki parliament at the weekend, expect the European
Union to change plans for a bailout of Portugal, its leader said on Monday.

"Of course there will have to be changes," Timo Soini told reporters a day
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quadrupled its share of the vote to turn Finland's
traditionally pro-EU politics on their head by finishing a close third in the
election.

Soini said he expected to hear this week about joining talks on forming a
coalition. The centre-right National Coalition, which came top with 20.4
percent, should launch negotiations under its leader, the outgoing finance
minister Jyrki Katainen.

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a new coalition, which may take weeks to form, will
incorporate True Finns ministers or their views on EU help for heavily
indebted member states. But the rise of the True Finns seems likely to shift
the debate.

"This is a big, big bang in Finnish politics. This is a big, big change. This
will change the content of Finnish politics," Jan Sundberg, professor at the
University of Helsinki, said.

Finland's parliament, unlike others in the euro zone, has the right to vote on
EU requests for bailout funds, meaning it could hold up costly plans to shore
up Portugal and bring stability to debt markets.

The strong showing for the populist True Finns reflects growing public
frustration in some EU states about footing the bill for weaker economies such
as Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

The party got 19.0 percent, according to compared to 4.1 percent in 2007,
which means it is likely to be involved in talks on forming a government. The
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support the EU but dislike current plans to
aid Portugal, won 19.1 percent and are also likely to join government talks.

Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi's Centre Party, hit by a political funding
scandal in recent years, suffered the biggest setback, dropping to just 15.8
percent of the vote from 23.1 percent in 2007. She said it would go into
opposition.

Soini predicted the next government coalition would consist of the three
biggest parties, and possibly a few others.

"We need a majority government. That seems to require maybe the three biggest
parties. If that doesn't work, then maybe it will be Cheap Rosetta Stone
a four to five parties
government," he told reporters.