Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union is drawing towards its close. One of the main themes of our Presidency has been trust, and what we can do to strengthen it. Our discussions at EU level keep coming back to two different ways to promote trust – transparency and participation.

— Director-General Juha Sarkio

EU Member States and the European Parliament will seek agreement on the EU’s budget for 2020 on Friday 15 November. As the country holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Finland will strive for a balanced solution.

Finance ministers of as many as 50 countries are committed to the Helsinki principles.

Digitalisation is one of the key topics of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. At the meeting held at the House of the Estates, the EU’s chief information officers discussed the joint objectives for promoting digitalisation and current topics common to all.

The future outlook in eGovernment was a topic of discussion today at the conference organised at Finlandia Hall. The conference discussed the implementation of the Tallinn declaration on eGovernment and the future outlook of eGovernment in Europe.