On 10 July 2019, the Permanent Representatives Committee agreed the Council’s position on the 2020 EU draft budget in advance of negotiations with the European Parliament in the autumn.

Finland is set to present its Presidency work programme to EU finance ministers in Brussels on Tuesday 9 July. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) will be chaired by Minister of Finance Mika Lintilä.

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.

As part of the orderly dismantling of the regional government, health and social services reform of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s Government, the final report on the project was published on 4 June 2019. The report describes the preparation of the reform in 2015–2019 from the perspective of national preparatory work. The report has been compiled by public servants and various actors who played a central role in the preparation.