Lapland retreat meeting in Saariselkä to discuss the future of Europe

Government Communications Department
Press release 97/2013
6.3.2013

On 22-24 March, Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen and Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb will host a high-level informal meeting, Lapland Retreat 2013, in Saariselkä, Finland. Discussions at the informal meeting will focus on the future of Europe. The intention is to bring European leaders together to discuss issues concerning the future of Europe and the European Union in an informal and leisurely way. The agenda will not include topical issues and the meeting will not be making decisions or guidelines.

The Lapland Retreat 2013 will be attended by Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, and member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank Jörg Asmussen.

Inquiries:
meeting agenda: Pasi Rajala, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, EU Affairs, tel. +358 295 160 311 or +358 400 464 393
meeting arrangements: Satu Keskinen, Counsellor, tel. +358 295 160 302 or +358 40 508 6722, Prime Minister’s Office
media arrangements: Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, Head of Communications for EU Affairs, tel. +358 50 596 5821, Prime Minister’s Office