Finland's populist and nationalist-oriented Finns Party announced on Tuesday that it would be split into two parliamentary groups, AFP reported citing the group's deputy chairman Tiina Elovaara as saying.
Twenty members of the party's 37 MPs will leave to form a separate faction named New Alternative, which "is ready to discuss joining the government," Elovaara told reporters.
The eurosceptic and anti-immigration Finns Party last Saturday replaced the moderate former leader Timo Soini with the newly-elected chairman Jussi Halla-aho, who has previously been convicted of hate speech.

Finnish Prime Minister and Centre Party chairman Juha Sipila attends a news conference at the PM's official residence Kesaranta in Helsinki, June 12, 2017./ VCG Photo
Following the change of leadership, Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila later responded on Monday that he would oust the Finns from his three-party government and form a new coalition government.
The New Alternative said it was willing to talk with Sipila and participate in his coalition government's current programs.