Finland has taken one of the hardest lines against a further, third bailout for Greece among eurozone members, and got even tougher in May when Soini's Finns Party, formerly known as True Finns, joined a new center-right coalition.
"Of course we can stay out of the third bailout," Soini told Reuters on the sidelines of his party's congress. "We're really out of patience. Our government has a very tight policy on this. We will not accept increasing Finland's liabilities, or cuts in Greece's debts."
"If we vote against a deal, it goes to the emergency procedure, and a package is implemented regardless of us," Soini said, referring to the a clause in the bailout fund that allows deals without full unanimity if stability is deemed to be at risk.
Greece and its international creditors are on track to complete a draft deal by Tuesday on measures to be taken by Greece to allow a third bailout to go ahead.
Soini added that the government had not ruled out a deal under which the EU's bailout fund would be used only within its current capacity.
At a July meeting of eurozone finance ministers, Finland supported the idea of Greece temporarily leaving the bloc, but eventually accepted that new loan talks could begin.
He said that, while it was mainly for Greece to decide whether it wanted to stay in the eurozone or leave it, he believe that a third bailout would ultimately fail and Greece would leave the zone.
"I don't believe that this policy will provide solutions, and I think that, in the longer term, 'Grexit' is the most likely scenario."
Source: Reuters
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