Ministers Tuppurainen and Paatero to attend the Plenary session of the Conference on the Future of Europe
Minister for European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen and Minister of Local Government Sirpa Paatero will represent the Finnish Government via remote connections at the second Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe to be held on 22–23 October 2021 in Strasbourg. Citizens’ representative Ninni Norra will also represent Finland at the event.
Comprehensive reform of the Municipality of Residence Act to begin – working groups to lead preparations
Minister of Local Government Sirpa Paatero has launched a full reform of the Municipality of Residence Act. The steering group and the law-drafting group of the legislative project will prepare the reform. First, they will identify the needs to change the legislation on people’s municipality of residence, and then, based on these needs, they will prepare a proposal for a new Municipality of Residence Act and for the necessary changes to other legislation.
Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
Climate change shapes economic policy – finance ministers to discuss reforms
The Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday 11 October. Finland will have an important role in the meeting, as Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko will chair the meeting jointly with Indonesia’s Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.
Finnish Prime Minister and European Commission President meet in Helsinki
Commission publishes positive assessment of Finland’s Recovery and Resilience Plan
On Monday 4 October, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen met in Helsinki to discuss topical EU matters. After their bilateral meeting, Marin and von der Leyen visited the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, where they learned about a project related to the priorities of Finland’s Recovery and Resilience Plan. In connection with the visit, the Commission published a positive assessment of Finland’s plan.
Budget proposal
Budget proposal for 2022 submitted to Parliament
The Government has submitted its budget proposal for 2022 to Parliament.
Budget Review 2020
The Budget Review summarizes the central elements of the Government's budget proposal for 2020.
Economic Survey, autumn 2021
The Finnish economy will grow by 3,3 per cent in 2021, 2,9 per cent in 2022 and 1,4 per cent in 2023.
Europe 2020 Strategy
The tenth National Reform Programme describes the measures that the Government has initiated to achieve the national targets.
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