EU Affairs Unit

EU Affairs Unit coordinates EU affairs in the Foreign Service and manages the ability to exert influence in the EU in cooperation with the departments. The Unit is responsible for the following matters:

1) coordination of important horizontal EU issues from the perspective of the EU's external action and international partnerships;

2) The EU'S Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP); and

3) participation in the EU coordination and advocacy work of the Finnish government

Email

  • EUY-00@gov.fi

Post address

EU Affairs Unit
PO Box 176
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND

Visiting address

Merikasarmi
Laivastokatu 22 00160
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND

Personnel

Anne Sipiläinen
Director for EU Affairs
  • +358 295 350 148
Elina Poikonen
Deputy Director, EU influencing, EU ministerial committee preparations for the MFA, EU institutional questions
  • +358 295 350 399
Turo Mattila
Senior Adviser
European Correspondent
  • +358 295 350 885
Marjaana Hyppönen
Desk Officer
Foreign Affairs Council, Deputy European Correspondent
  • +358 295 350 058
Vilma Peltonen
Desk Officer
EU coordination, EU competence development in the MFA
  • +358 295 350 140
Terhi Paikkala
Desk Officer, EU development policy, Foreign Affairs Council (Development), Global Gateway, financing for EU external action
  • +358 295 350 881
Päivi Laivola Donin de Rosière
Senior Adviser
  • +358 295 350 278
Hanna Lehtinen
Senior Adviser
  • +358 295 350 610
Julia Kerkelä
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 706
Elina Hämäläinen
Desk Officer
Political and Security Committee (PSC/COPS)
  • +358 295 535 0022
Meeri Levón
Administrative Officer
  • +358 295 350 378

E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.