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11.12.2025 | On 11 December 2025, the Government submitted to Parliament a Union communication concerning the European Commission’s proposed regulations on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). The proposals are part of the Commission’s proposal for a new multiannual financial framework for 2028–2034.

19.11.2025 | National Energy and Climate Strategy Government Report to Parliament on 20 March 2013 2 FOREWORD Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen's Government appointed a ministerial working group on energy and climate policy to update the National Climate and Energ...

4.2.2021 | The Government has adopted a favourable position on the European Commission’s proposal on a Brexit adjustment reserve. The aid distributed from the reserve would help counter the negative impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, especially in the Member States, regions and sectors worst affected by it.

7.9.2023 | The purpose of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) is to strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy by supporting the development of critical technologies and products. Another aim is to ensure the availability of necessary labour and skills in strategic sectors. While the Finnish Government supports the facility’s objective, it does not endorse a completely new EU-level financial instrument.

26.4.2018 | Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä met with European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Günther Oettinger on 26 April 2018 when the Commissioner visited Finland. They discussed the EU’s multiannual financial framework and especially the cohesion policy reform and criteria for the allocation of funds.

13.4.2018 | Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä met with the newly appointed German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier in Berlin on 13 April 2018. The topics on the meeting agenda included international trade policy and the EU’s multiannual financial framework and cohesion funds.

15.6.2020 | Ministers of the EU Member States responsible for cohesion policy will hold a video conference on 15 June 2020 to discuss ways of promoting the recovery of the EU economy from the COVID-19 crisis with regional and structural policy programmes.

11.11.2021 | The purpose of Finland’s guarantee scheme was to support the availability of SME financing by providing banks with guarantees for business loans. According to an evaluation commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the guarantee scheme achieved its economic policy objectives well. The scheme provided a tenfold leverage effect on public funding. 

11.6.2020 | Ministers of the EU Member States responsible for the internal market and industry will hold an informal video conference on 12 June 2020 to discuss ways of promoting the recovery of the EU economy from the COVID-19 crisis. State Secretary Kimmo Tiilikainen will represent Finland at the meeting on behalf of Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä.

28.2.2023 | GENEVA 2022  APPL. 19 – C.150 and R.1580 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE REPORTS ON UNRATIFIED CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation) REPORT FORM FOR THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTS: Labour...

29.9.2020 | EU ministers responsible for regional and structural policy, or cohesion policy, will hold a high-level video conference on 29 September to discuss ways of using the EU’s recovery instrument in the Member States to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. State Secretary Kimmo Tiilikainen will represent Finland at the meeting on behalf of Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä.

8.5.2018 | Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä and the newly appointed Estonian Minister of Public Administration Janek Mäggi discussed on 7 May 2018 the future of cohesion policy and cross-border cooperation as part of the EU’s multiannual financial framework.

12.11.2018 | Minister of Economic Affairs Lintilä’s meetings will focus particularly on the cohesion policy outlines for the next multiannual financial framework. Minister of Employment Lindström will meet with Commissioner for Employment Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Marianne Thyssen, among others.

21.10.2019 | Jari Gustafsson, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, will visit Athens on 23–24 October 2019 to meet ministers, representatives of ministries and organisations, and researchers. His programme also includes a meeting with representatives of Finnish companies operating in Greece.

29.5.2018 | On 29 May 2018, the European Commission issued a proposal for modernising the cohesion policy to strengthen the competitiveness of the EU Member States and their regions.

15.10.2019 | The meeting of Directors-General responsible for cohesion policy on 16 October 2019 will discuss the EU’s regional and structural policy measures to achieve the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement and move towards a greener, climate neutral Europe.

25.9.2019 | The first official Competitiveness Council during Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union will convene in Brussels on 26 and 27 September 2019, chaired by Minister of Employment Timo Harakka and Minister of Economic Affairs Katri Kulmuni. On both days, ministers will exchange views on the future long-term strategy on sustainable growth, which is one of the most important competitiveness and growth themes during Finland’s Presidency.

16.5.2018 | Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä met with the Dutch Minister of the Interior Kajsa Ollongren and the Latvian Minister for Economics Arvis Ašeradens on 16 May 2018. They discussed innovation policy, cohesion policy and the EU’s multiannual financial framework.

30.5.2018 | Minister Lintilä met with the French Minister of Territorial Cohesion Jacques Mézard in Paris on 30 May 2018. They discussed the EU multiannual financial framework and the future of the cohesion policy.

27.11.2019 | The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on 28 and 29 November, chaired by Minister of Employment Timo Harakka and Minister of Economic Affairs Katri Kulmuni.