Olli Rehn’s blunt answer to Riikka Purra – “It’s not worth wasting time”

Bank of Finland the general manager Olli Rehnin in my opinion, it is not worth spending time on the euro debate.

Rehn’s comment was a direct response from the finance minister Riikka Purran (ps) for Wednesday’s interviewwhere Purra called for a discussion about the euro and monetary policy. Purra said, among other things, that the EU’s common monetary policy is partially responsible for why Finland’s economy is doing so badly.

Olli Rehn reminds that the vast majority of Finns support Finland’s EU membership. Evan in the September value and attitude survey, 58 percent of the people supported the euro. 21 percent of Finns opposed the euro.

“And when you think about the international situation at the moment, I think it’s quite clear that it is in Finland’s interest to participate in the European Union and the euro,” says Rehn on Friday’s Talousamau.

Rehn says that the EU is a political community of values ​​to which Finland belongs and from which Finland receives the support and security it needs.

“In my opinion, it’s not worth spending time on this type of discussion, but more on how to strengthen the foundations of Finland’s growth and how to balance the heavily indebted public finances of Finland,” says Rehn on Talousaaum.

You can watch Rehn’s interview and the last Economic Morning of the year here.