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Full Coverage Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early results Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Pro-euro candidate wins first round of Finnish vote Sun, Jan 22 2012 Interview: Presidential frontrunner won't push Finland into NATO Mon, Jan 9 2012 Analysis & Opinion Europe’s self-help Mr. 1 Percent versus Mr. 1 Percent Related Topics World » Finland's National Coalition party presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto and his wife Jenni Haukio arrive to cast their votes for the country's presidential elections at a school in Espoo, Finland, February 5, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Sari Gustafsson/Lehtikuva HELSINKI | Sun Feb 5, 2012 2:56pm EST HELSINKI (Reuters) - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency, according to early results in Sunday's run-off election, showing voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite their misgivings over European Union bailouts. The former finance minister won the symbolic leadership post with 63 percent support with 98 percent of the vote counted, defeating pro-euro Greens Party candidate Pekka Haavisto. The two had beaten anti-euro candidates, Paavo Vayrynen of the Center party and Timo Soini of the Finns Party, in an earlier round last month. The weak showing by the euro skeptics was a relief for Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, who like Niinisto is a member of the National Coalition party which supports conservative economic policy and liberal social values. As president, Niinisto will have little executive power beyond military and foreign affairs and must suspend his party affiliation, but his role is high-profile and he has potential influence over public opinion. An anti-EU president may have put pressure on Katainen to take a harder line on the bloc's bailout of member states. Niinisto is also supportive of tough fiscal reforms that Katainen is pushing in order to plug its deficit and make sure it retains its triple-A debt rating. Niinisto - a former lawyer and banker - is credited with leading the small Nordic economy toward growth following the collapse of the Soviet Union during his tenure as finance minister from 1996 to 2001. Some analysts had expected a stronger showing by anti-euro candidates after Soini's Finns Party made strong gains in parliamentary elections last April. The party is now the biggest opposition group. Analysts said economic concerns may have persuaded voters to choose a steady and pragmatic pair of hands. "In tough times people want to believe that somebody is in control of the economy," said University of Helsinki professor Tuomo Martikainen. Niinisto may have also benefited from a backlash against euro skeptic politicians after some Finns Party candidates made highly publicized racist and homophobic remarks. 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