Sun, 12 Jul, 2015 12:07:54 AM PM today submits report to Parliamentary Grand Committee FTimes – STT-Xinhua Report, July 12  Secretary of State Olli Pekka Heinonen, Secretary of State Martti Hetemäki and Vice-Chairman of the Grand Committee Tytti Tuppurainen before the Grand Committee meeting in Helsinki on Saturday, 11 July 2015. Photo – Lehtikuva. Finland will not accept the third bailout proposal made by Greece, according to a report run by the national broadcaster Yle quoting anonymous sources before the meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers held in Brussels on Saturday.
“A source told Yle that the Finnish position on whether to accept the proposals is currently negative,” said the Yle report, adding that the Finnish officials have not yet responded to the claim that they are likely to reject Greece’s reform proposals.
The news agency Xinhua adds: Yle quoted political sources in Helsinki as saying that the three-party cabinet under Prime Minister Juha Sipilä almost fell on Saturday as the Finns Party was unconditionally against giving a large new loan to Greece.
A leading Finnish language newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, also reported that Finland wants Greece to leave the euro zone. The newspaper said its source was reliable.
The options would be either an official stepping out or a temporary exit. The Helsingin Sanomat said the political stand of Finland is that Greece leaves the euro zone at least temporarily.
Earlier the Finnish government line had been that Greece could be supported further if the responsibilities of Finland would not be increased. But now the Finnish line has been toughened, HS reported on Saturday.
The parliamentary committee had reportedly voted several times on the issue. The members of the committee had been told not to leak out the decision.
The Grand Committee voted on the Greek-alignment on Saturday. There were three counter-proposals: from the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Left Alliance, reported the news agency STT.
Meanwhile, the basis on which the Parliamentary Grand Committee made the decision on Greek alignment was based on very flimsy data, said Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Grand Committee and main opposition Social Democratic leader Tytti Tuppurainen.
“'I shall have to get a better assessment of the effectiveness of the Greek performances as a basis for further negotiations as well as more information about the institutions’ (creditors’) estimates,” Tuppurainen said on Saturday.
According to Tuppurainen, Greece would also be required to give clearer information on how the country intends to create a sustainable pathway on the burden of its debt.
“Nor do we have enough information about what it would mean should Greece drift out of the euro area,” she said.
The Grand Committee convenes again on Sunday morning.
“Then, we should know more on our handling of any possible third (support) package to Greece or of any Greek euro separation. In practice, the options fail them,” said Tuppurainen.
Tuppurainen also hopes that Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will give to the whole of parliament his prime minister’s statement on the Greek situation.
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