Brussels, 06/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - Conservative Sauli Niinistoe was elected President of Finland on Sunday 5 February, overcoming his Environmentalist Liberal opponent Pekka Haavisto by 62.6% of votes cast to 37.4%. Both candidates had run pro-European and pro-euro campaigns, though this latter area no longer falls within the responsibilities of the president, since the reform of October 2011. “Finland has built a position for itself in the world thanks to its membership of the...