Euro Zone's Nordic Member Is Fighting to Save the Welfare State
- Finnish Finance Minister Orpo floats idea of universal credit
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The only Nordic member of the euro zone is trying to figure out how its social welfare model can survive the future.
Finnish Finance Minister Petteri Orpo says the support system that his countrymen have relied on for more than half a century needs some profound adjustments as the population ages and debt repayment grows more challenging.