“One of the most important tasks of the future government is to strongly speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants in Finland,” Orpo said in a blog released before Sunday’s results.
“The coalition wants nuclear power to become the cornerstone of the government’s energy policy.”
Orpo has been tasked with forming a new coalition government, after his conservative National Coalition party became the largest in parliament in a tight three-way race.
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