Prime Minister Sipilä to European Council meetings

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will be in Brussels to attend the European Council meeting on Thursday 22 March, and the European Council’s Brexit meeting and the Euro Summit on Friday 23 March.

The agenda of Thursday’s European Council includes further development of the single market as well as trade policy and social issues. Friday's meetings will focus on the way forward for the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the Brexit negotiations.

Inquiries: Kare Halonen, State Secretary for EU Affairs, tel. +358 295 160 319, Riikka Pakarinen, Special Adviser (EU Affairs), tel. +358 40 580 0833 and Anne Sjöholm, Head of Communications for EU Affairs, tel. +358 40 537 0733, Prime Minister’s Office