The Digital Summit is arranged in Tallinn on 16–17 September where EU leaders discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Finland is represented in the Summit by the Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering Sirpa Paatero.

On the second day of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (Ecofin), Saturday 14 September, the ministers discussed energy taxation and also EU fiscal rules.

Resilience to hybrid threats emerged as a key theme on the first day of the informal meeting of EU member states’ finance ministers on Friday 13 September. The ministers also discussed stepping up action to combat climate change.

A well-oiled financial system keeps the wheels of the economy turning. This means that a strike against critical points in the financial system could bring society to its knees. Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU aims to put the issue of new threats to the financial market and ways to counter them on the political agenda.

– Financial Services Counsellor Jaakko Weuro

The Government has decided on the division into regions on 29 August 2019. Municipalities themselves had proposed to the Government changes in regions.

The preparation of the Budget for 2020 will begin on 13 to 14 August with a budget session at the Ministry of Finance. The government proposal for the 2020 Budget will be published on 7 October.