Brexit will be so painful no one will follow, says Finland

Finland's Finance Minister says Brexit is creating unity among the bloc's 27 remaining nations

Britain’s departure from the European Union sets a precedent. But not in the way you might think. Instead of showing other EU members that it’s possible to exit the bloc, Brexit will make clear just how economically agonising the process is, and frighten others away from ever considering a similar path, according to Finland’s Finance Minister Petteri Orpo. “This divorce, after 40 years of marriage, is inevitably going to be so painful that no one will want to feel it for themselves,” Orpo said in an interview at his office in Helsinki. “I believe it’s going to be a precedent