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The negotiations are taking on a slightly hysterical tone (emphasis on "slightly").
Key quote from Jyrki Katainen, compassionate conservative minister of finance (http://epaper.hbl.fi/index.php?s=561&p=23498):

What will you say when the first person dies as a result of the mass resignations?

- I'm not going to speculate. People die everyday. It's most regrettable. Responsibility is now required by journalists, the labour market and governmental ministers, so that the situation isn't overly dramatised.

Henceforth, I will refer to Katainen exclusively as Jyrki "People die everyday" Katainen.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (m<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Wed Oct 17th, 2007 at 05:04:53 AM EST
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