Norway never joined the European Union. Sweden and Denmark opted out of using the euro. Finland, however, is a full member in every respect, and as such has seen its AAA-rated bonds used to guarantee the bailouts of profligate elites in Greece, Ireland and Portugal.
Elections scheduled for tomorrow in Finland have put the eurozone rescue plan (as they call it in Greek) or bailout (as they call it in German) on a collision course with a populist uprising. "It is not possible to pull out by ourselves," says Timo Soini, the man who is leading that uprising. "But it was a mistake to join."
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