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Finland prepares to step in for Romania on EU presidency
By EUobserver
Finnish prime minister Juha Sipila has told the country's STT news agency that Helsinki was making preparations to take over the next EU presidency, starting 1 January, from Romania, but that Bucharest had not filed a request to do so. He spoke after Romanian president Klaus Iohannis said his country was "totally unprepared". Romanian PM Viorica Dancila told press Tuesday: "I assure you that Romania is ready".