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Presidential candidates Alexander Stubb and Pekka Haavisto attend a debate on Feb. 1, 2024.

Lehtikuva/Antti Aimo-Koivisto via REUTERS

Finland heads to the polls

Voters in Finland will choose their new president on Sunday. The president controls military and security policy – a significant position since Finland joined NATO last year in response to its neighbor Russia invading Ukraine.

The candidates: The front-runner is center-right candidate Alexander Stubb. Stubb, who is viewed as a pro-European globalist, previously served as prime minister and foreign minister and as a member of the European Parliament. He is running against center-left Pekka Haavisto, a Green League member and former United Nations diplomat, who would be the country’s first openly gay president if elected.

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