As predicted, former conservative prime minister Alexander Stubb and former Green foreign minister Pekka Haavisto will face each other in the run-off election to choose a new Finnish president on 11 February. In the first round the two candidates were very close (Stubb got 27.2% and Haavisto 25.8%), so the votes of the excluded will be decisive, with Stubb remaining the favourite. Meanwhile, Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn, who is on leave and came fourth in the first round, announced yesterday that he will return to head the central bank from tomorrow.