EIB President Werner Hoyer to visit Finland
Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Jonathan Taylor, EIB Vice-President responsible for operations in the Nordic countries, will visit Finland on 2 December on the invitation of Minister of Finance Antti Rinne. The visit will focus on the Investment Plan for Europe designed by the European Commission and implemented by the European Investment Bank, the Bank of the European Union.
The aim of the plan is to catalyse private and public investment of EUR 315bn over 3 years making the EU more competitive and leading to stronger growth as well as to the creation of new jobs in strategic sectors of the economy.
Finance Minister Rinne, EIB President Werner Hoyer and EIB Vice-President Jonathan Taylor will especially exchange views on the national and regional projects Finland seeks to promote through the investment plan. On 14 November, Finland proposed four areas of development to the European Commission, which focus particularly on energy sector and transport projects. Finland puts in its contribution the emphasis on new digital opportunities in these sectors as well as in administration, education, traffic and industrial production.
During his visit, EIB President Werner Hoyer and EIB Vice-President Jonathan Taylor will also meet the President of the RepublicSauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker presented the European Commission's investment package to the European Parliament on 26 November. The ECOFIN Council meeting on 9 December 2014 will discuss the package, and it is also to be discussed by the European Council on 18-19 December 2014.
More information on projects Finland has proposed to the European Commission:
* Finland proposing energy safety and transport improvements to European investment programme (press release 14 November 2014)Information about the investment package on the European Commission's website:
* The European Commission has announced a €315 billion Investment Plan (26 November 2014)Information about the investment package on the EIB’s website:
* Investment Plan for Europe (26 November 2014)Further information:
Meeting with Ministry of Finance Rinne: Kaisa Korhonen, Adviser to the Minister of Finance, tel. 358 295 530 602 and Satu Ryynänen, Information Officer, tel. 358 2955 30476 (photo opportunities and interviews)
Meeting with Prime Minister Stubb: Lauri Tierala, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in EU Affairs, tel. 358 40 841 7141 and Maria Nurmi, Communications Specialist for International Affairs, tel. 358 50 408 4061.
Meeting with the President of the Republic: Director of Communications for the President of the Republic, tel. 358 40 560 3103.