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Finland's government resigns after healthcare reform fails

Finland Prime Minister Juha Sipila arrives to announce his government’s resignation in Helsinki. [Reuters]

Finland’s government resigned on Friday after ditching plans to reform the healthcare system, a key policy, the Finnish president’s office said, throwing the country into political limbo.

The president approved Prime Minister Juha Sipila’s resignation and asked his government to continue as a care-taker government until a new cabinet has been appointed.

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