Draft budget
 Confidence for individuals and businesses

14.8.2019 16.02
Confidence for individuals and businesses
Minister of Finance Mika Lintilä’s draft budget for 2020 will strengthen the confidence felt in the future by individuals and businesses at a time when uncertainty about the global economy is growing. The proposals in the draft budget total EUR 57.0 billion and are based on the Government Programme.

Budget
 Timeline of budget preparation for 2020

8.7.2019 13.08
Timeline of budget preparation for 2020
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.

EU proposes Kristalina Georgieva to head International Monetary Fund

3.8.2019 8.08
EU proposes Kristalina Georgieva to head International Monetary Fund
The EU’s finance ministers have decided to put forward Kristalina Georgieva for the position of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Member States stress growth and jobs in their position on the EU budget for 2020

10.7.2019 17.01
Member States stress growth and jobs in their position on the EU budget for 2020
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.

Presidency of the Council of the EU
 Competitiveness, climate and security Finland’s priorities for finance ministers’ talks

8.7.2019 8.15
Competitiveness, climate and security Finland’s priorities for finance ministers’ talks
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.

Publications

Budget Review

Budget Review

The Budget Review summarizes the central elements of the Government's budget proposal for 2019.

Budget Review 2019

Economic Survey

Economic Survey

The Finnish economy will grow by 1.7% in 2019, 1,4% in 2020 and 1,2% 2021. The Finnish economy will grow by 1.6 per cent in 2019, 1.2% in 2020 and 1.1% in 2021.

Economic Survey, Summer 2019

Europe 2020 Strategy

Europe 2020 Strategy

The tenth National Reform Programme describes the measures that the Government has initiated to achieve the national targets.

Europe 2020 Strategy

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Finance

The Ministry is tasked with establishing, overseeing and reforming the operating framework for public finances and public governance. Our vision is to establish a solid foundation for the economic prosperity and wellbeing of coming generations.

Learn more about the Ministry

Finland's EU Presidency and the Ministry of Finance

Finland's EU Presidency and the Ministry of Finance

Finland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the beginning of July until the end of December 2019.

Finland's EU Presidency and the Ministry of Finance

Ministers

Mika Lintilä
Mika Lintilä
Minister of Finance
Sirpa Paatero
Sirpa Paatero
Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering