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Mats Löfström

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  1. HE 93/2025 vpPassed

    Lowering the reduced VAT rate

    The value added tax (VAT) on food, restaurant services, medicines, public transport, and cultural and sports services will decrease from 14 per cent to 13.5 per cent at the start of 2026. The tax cut may slightly reduce consumer prices for these goods and services.

    Mats Löfström: Yes
    2 Dec 2025 · 6 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement

    114 jaa
    53 ei
  2. HE 62/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening conditions for permanent residence permits

    Obtaining a permanent residence permit in Finland will, as a rule, require six years of residence as well as skills in Finnish or Swedish and work experience. However, the permit can be obtained faster with sufficiently high income, excellent language skills or by completing a higher education degree in Finland.

    Mats Löfström: Yes
    2 Dec 2025 · 7 votes
    114 jaa
    56 ei
  3. HE 20/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    International harmonisation of road signs

    Finland will approve updated international rules on road signs and road markings. At the same time, the period of validity for old guidance signs under the Road Traffic Act will be extended until the end of 2039.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    10 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 188/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Speeding up criminal proceedings

    The handling of criminal cases will be streamlined and expedited across the entire criminal process chain, from pre-trial investigation to court. More criminal cases can be resolved in written proceedings without an oral hearing or in the absence of the defendant.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    9 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 192/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Updating pet movement rules

    Finland's animal disease and import control acts will be updated to align with the new EU Animal Health Law from April 2026. No significant changes will be made to pet owners' everyday lives or travel requirements.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    8 Apr 2026 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 74/2025 vpWithdrawn

    Speeding up ultra-fast network rollout

    The new act will speed up and streamline the construction of ultra-fast optical fibre and mobile networks in Finland. Telecom operators will be able to utilise existing infrastructure more easily, and binding deadlines will be set for network construction permit procedures.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    7 Apr 2026 · no votes
  7. HE 138/2025 vpPassed

    Reducing annual government R&D funding increases

    Annual increases in central government research and development funding will be reviewed every two years in accordance with the latest economic forecasts. As economic growth is slower than anticipated, the annual growth in funding will be smaller than previously planned.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    25 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 136/2025 vpPassed

    Raising taxes on honorary titles

    Taxes levied on honorary titles granted by the President of the Republic will be increased due to rising costs. At the same time, the list of public bodies eligible for the reduced tax rate will be updated to include wellbeing services counties, among others.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    25 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 40/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Securing public ownership of water services

    Municipalities will no longer be permitted to sell water utilities or their networks to private operators. The reform will also clarify the planning of water services and the obligation of properties to connect to the water and sewerage network.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    25 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 128/2024 vpPassed

    Ending national pension payments abroad

    In the future, the national pension will no longer be paid to people living abroad. Only persons residing in Finland will receive the pension going forward.

    Mats Löfström: Yes
    13 Dec 2024 · 2 votes
    112 jaa
    56 ei
  11. HE 117/2025 vpPassed

    Raising the fee for uncancelled appointments

    The maximum fee charged for an uncancelled and missed appointment or care place in health and social services will rise. A fee of up to 73.70 euros could be charged for failure to attend without an acceptable reason.

    Mats Löfström: Yes
    21 Nov 2025 · 1 vote
    105 jaa
    50 ei
  12. HE 98/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Lowering taxes on labour

    Taxes on labour will be lowered from the beginning of 2026 by cutting the highest marginal tax rates and increasing the earned income tax credit and the basic deduction. As a counterbalance, the tax deductibility of trade union membership fees, the tax exemption for company bicycles, and the home office deduction for wage earners will be abolished.

    Mats Löfström: Yes
    21 Nov 2025 · 12 votes
    116 jaa
    40 ei
  13. HE 76/2025 vpPassed

    Abolishing citizen advice and Suomi.fi changes

    The general Citizen Advice service of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency will be abolished, and the agency will focus on supporting e-services and its own digital services. At the same time, the obligation for authorities to use the Suomi.fi Data Exchange Layer will be removed, and some electronic support services will become subject to a fee for some user organisations.

    Mats Löfström: Yes
    21 Nov 2025 · 2 votes
    147 jaa
    9 ei
  14. HE 95/2025 vpPassed

    Raising alcohol tax and indexation

    Tax on wines and other fermented alcoholic beverages will rise at the beginning of 2026. At the same time, taxes on all alcoholic beverages will be permanently linked to inflation, with tax rates adjusted annually in line with price developments.

    Mats Löfström: Yes
    20 Nov 2025 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · Dissenting opinion

    92 jaa
    69 ei
  15. HE 91/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Separating region and wellbeing county divisions

    The division into wellbeing services counties and the division into regions will be separated into their own acts, meaning that potential changes to wellbeing services counties will no longer automatically alter regional borders. At the same time, the terms for financial support for county council groups and the remuneration rules for elected officials will be specified in greater detail.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    20 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 57/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Increasing transparency in political advertising

    Rules on transparency in political advertising and restrictions on targeting online advertising will be tightened in line with EU regulation. The National Audit Office of Finland (VTV) will supervise advertising transparency and will be able to impose penalty payments for breaches of the rules.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    19 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 80/2025 vpPassed

    Merging student and social security appeals

    The Student Financial Aid Appeal Board will be abolished and appeals concerning student financial aid benefits transferred to the Social Security Appeal Board. At the same time, the procedure for the annulment of decisions on unemployment security will be streamlined, and the provisions on leaving disability pensions in abeyance will be extended.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    18 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 137/2026 vpIn progress

    More effective forfeiture of criminal proceeds

    Authorities will be able to forfeit criminal assets to the state more easily than before. Forfeiting assets will no longer always require a conviction for a specific individual offence.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  19. HE 44/2026 vpIn progress

    Expanding small alcohol producers' retail sales

    Small producers of alcohol will be permitted to sell all of their own products, such as spirits and grape wines, directly from the production site to customers for takeaway. The previous separate rules for farm wine and craft beer will be abolished and replaced with a single common rule.

    Mats Löfström: No vote recorded
    11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  20. HE 51/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising tuition fees for non-EU students

    Tuition fees for higher education students from outside the EU and EEA will have to cover the actual costs of education, and an application fee of 100 euros will be introduced for them. In addition, avoiding tuition fees by changing residence permit grounds will be prevented, and protection for students participating in commissioned education will be improved.

    Mats Löfström: Absent
    15 Nov 2024 · 3 votes
    103 jaa
    45 ei
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