Finland has emerged as the latest flashpoint in the debate about the future of the euro, with finance minister Erkki Tuomioja telling the Daily Telegraph yesterday that the country had an “operational plan for any eventuality” regarding the currency’s future.
Finland has long been one of the more conservative voices on support for the European periphery and Tuomioja's latest comments have prompted analysts to speculate about the prospects of a northern European creditor nation being the first to leave the currency union, rather than one of the bailed-out countries unhappy with the conditions attached to aid.