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Prime Minister Sipilä to October European Council

Government Communications Department
Publication date 16.10.2017 9.50 | Published in English on 16.10.2017 at 15.16
Press release 468/2017

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will attend the European Council in Brussels on 19 and 20 October and the working breakfast and European Council (Article 50) meeting to be held in conjunction with this.

The themes of the first working session include migration, digital Europe and defence issues. Over their working dinner, the EU leaders will discuss foreign policy issues. The working breakfast will focus on the future of Europe. On Friday, the leaders of the EU-27 will meet to discuss the Brexit process.

Inquiries: Kare Halonen, State Secretary, 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