On Thursday 23 November, the Government submitted its proposal to Parliament to amend the budget proposal for 2024. Among others, the proposal includes amendments related to support for Ukraine, the health and social services transfer calculation and central government transfers to local government. In line with the proposal, the revenue estimate will be increased by EUR 76 million, while the need for appropriations will decrease by EUR 48 million.

Finland considers that it has reached the first milestones of its Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). The Ministry of Finance filed the first payment request under the RRP with the European Commission on Friday 10 November. The total amount of the request is EUR 273 million.

The EU already regulates cross-border electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the eIDAS Regulation. The Regulation will now be amended to include common legislation on European Digital Identity Wallets for citizens and businesses.

At the end of October, the European Commission requested further information from the Ministry of Finance on Finland's Draft Budgetary Plan for next year. The Ministry responded on Thursday 2 November.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is ending Finland’s enhanced follow-up process. Finland will continue to improve prevention efforts by enhancing exchange of information.