Far-right party in talks to join Finland's next government coalition.

The leader of Finland's right-wing National Coalition Party, Petteri Orpo, has invited the far-right Finns Party, along with the Christian Democrats and Swedish People's Party, to join talks to form the next government. The combination of parties would give Orpo a narrow majority of 109 seats in the 200-seat parliament. However, there are significant differences between the parties, particularly over EU issues, international values, human rights, and immigration. Negotiations will start next week, with a view to wrapping up in June.