- EU finance ministers discuss VAT and strengthening the defense industry
- Finnish Finance Minister Riikka Purra represents Finland at the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council in Brussels on May 13
- The council addresses legislative proposals on distance sales and import VAT
- Finland supports the chairman’s compromise proposal
- Ministers discuss the savings and investment union
- The European Commission announced a proposal for the European Security Instrument to strengthen the defense industry
- Finland supports the proposal for a temporary SAFE financial instrument
- Ministers also discuss the economic and financial impacts of Russia’s war
- The Eurogroup discusses the digital euro and banking union
- Ecofin is responsible for EU legislation and economic policy coordination
- The Eurogroup coordinates economic policy among eurozone countries
Source: vm.fi
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