HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's Parliament has approved the Nordic country's €740 million ($970 million) share of the eurozone's bailout loan to Ireland.
Lawmakers backed the measure in a 105-63 vote on Thursday with 32 abstaining or absent.
The center-right government had earlier approved Finland's bailout plan but it needed parliamentary ratification to come into force.
Opposition parties opposed the proposal, but the ruling coalition was assured of support because the four government parties command a majority in Parliament.
Finland belongs to the 16-member eurozone that agreed, together with the EU and International Monetary Fund, to a bailout package of €67.5 billion in international loans to Ireland.
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