Prime Minister Marin attending EU summits in Brussels

Government Communications Department
Publication date 11.12.2019 9.38 | Published in English on 11.12.2019 at 10.04
Press release 662/2019

Prime Minister Sanna Marin has travelled to Brussels to attend three summit meetings: the European Council on 12 December, and the Euro Summit and the Special European Council (Article 50) without the UK on 13 December.

The European Council will finalise its guidance on the EU’s long-term strategy on climate change to be submitted to the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in early 2020. The EU heads of state or government will focus on the target of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The EU leaders will also discuss the multiannual financial framework for 2021–2027 – the EU’s long-term budget. The discussion will be based on a proposal prepared by Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. 

The Euro Summit will focus on deepening Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union. Its topics include completing the Banking Union, changes to the European Stability Mechanism, and the euro area budgetary instrument.

The Special European Council without the UK will meet on Friday 13 December, the day after the UK parliamentary elections, to discuss preparations for the negotiations on future EU–UK relations.

Prime Minister Marin’s delegation will include Minister for European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen.

Inquiries: Jari Luoto, State Under-Secretary for European Affairs, tel. +358 50 468 5949; Pilvi-Elina Kupias, Special Adviser (EU Affairs), tel. +358 295 160 995; Dimitri Qvintus, Special Adviser (Media Relations), tel. +358 50 574 0956; and Anne Sjöholm, Head of Communications for EU and International Affairs, tel. +358 40 537 0733, Prime Minister’s Office