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HELSINKI, Finland, April 21 (UPI) -- Finland's prime minister says too many members of the European Union are hampering progress by pushing nationalistic agendas and opposing change.
Matti Vanhanen, who also is a candidate for Finland's presidency, bemoaned the EU's "stagnation," the result of national selfishness, opposing the service directive and failing to increase their economies' global competitiveness, Helsingin Sanomat reported Thursday.
"The communality that prevailed after Finland joined the Union, in the late 1990s, has become transmuted into an intergovernmental approach and even national selfishness. Decision-making is slow and creaky, and the Union does not come across as a particularly dynamic entity," Vanhanen said.
"It is now more difficult than ever, since there seems to be an increasing resistance to any kind of change in Europe today. People want things to stay as they are, never mind what the rest of the world is doing."
He also urged Europeans to accept the reality that traditional manufacturing was moving offshore.
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