Majority of Finns oppose new Greek bailout: Poll
A recent poll shows that the majority of the people in Finland are against granting Greece a new bailout, taking a stance toward their cash-strapped fellow European Union (EU) member that is in contrast to that of the parliament in Helsinki.
According to the poll conducted by Taloustutkimus and published by regional media group Lannen Media on Friday, “Fifty-seven percent of the citizens believe Greece should not be given a third bailout package.”
“Just one in four out of 1,000 respondents (26 percent) viewed aid for Greece favorably. Seventeen percent of respondents were unable to take a stand,” Taloustutkimus said.
The poll organizers asked a total of 1,003 people about their view on the bailout on Tuesday and Wednesday. The poll is estimated to have a margin of error of 2.5 percent. It was conducted by telephone and on the Internet.
This is while Finland’s parliament has approved a decision allowing the government to engage in negotiations for a third bailout for Greece.
Finland and some other countries, Germany in particular, had been strongly against promising any new bailout to Greece. On Thursday, however, the Finnish parliament chose to support the new Greek bailout in what was described by the ruling coalition’s opposition parties and the Finnish press as a sudden U-turn.
Eurozone members, international creditors and the Greek government are in talks to restructure Greece’s debts and give a third bailout to Athens worth up to 86 billion euros ($94 billion) within the next few weeks.
In exchange for the new bailout, the creditors want to impose tight controls on Athens’ income and spending policies.
The Greek government had already received two bailout loans in 2010 and 2012, worth a total of 240 billion euros (272 billion dollars).
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