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Joakim VigeliusEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 68/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing competition oversight and competitive neutrality
Public bodies will be required to keep separate accounts for their commercial activities on the market in order to safeguard fair competition. At the same time, the powers of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) in inspections and the exchange of information between authorities will be improved.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded17 May 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 188/2021 vpPassed
Stricter supervision of corporate transfer pricing
Rules on the taxation of transactions between group companies are being reformed in line with international OECD guidelines. The Finnish Tax Administration will be able to assess intra-group arrangements on the basis of their actual substance and, in exceptional cases, disregard transactions lacking an economic rationale.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded14 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 122/2021 vpPassed
Faster entry for specialists and startups
A new long-term D visa will be introduced in Finland for specialists, startup entrepreneurs and their family members. The visa will enable them to travel to Finland and start work immediately after being granted a residence permit, without waiting for the residence permit card to arrive.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded14 Dec 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mauri Peltokangas 2
117 jaa30 ei - HE 214/2021 vpPassed
Temporary increase in student income limits
Students will be able to earn more wage income alongside student financial aid during 2022. The annual income limits for student financial aid will be temporarily increased by 25 per cent.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded13 Dec 2021 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ville Kaunisto
86 jaa63 ei - HE 275/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Tax reform for equity savings accounts
A new equity savings account will be introduced in Finland, within which gains from share trading and dividends are taxed only when funds are withdrawn from the account. At the same time, the tax treatment of endowment insurance and capitalisation agreements will be reformed so that withdrawals are taxed on the proportional share of the yield.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded9 May 2019 · 15 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Timo Harakka 4
96 jaa77 ei - HE 189/2021 vpPassed
VAT exemption for EU pandemic purchases
Procurements made by the European Commission and EU agencies to combat the covid-19 pandemic will be exempt from value added tax (VAT). Businesses will be able to sell these goods and services to EU bodies without VAT.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded8 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2021 vpPassed
Raising the threshold for low-alcohol beer
The upper limit of the reduced tax category for low-alcohol beer will rise from 2.8 per cent to 3.5 per cent. Small producers will also be allowed to self-certify the small producer status required for EU exports.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded8 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 89/2021 vpPassed
Expanding criminal liability for terrorism offences
Participation in the activities of a terrorist group and incitement to terrorism offences will become more broadly punishable. At the same time, authorities will be granted the right to use secret coercive measures and intelligence-gathering methods to prevent and investigate these offences.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded8 Dec 2021 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 3 , mietintö / Jani Mäkelä
84 jaa61 ei - HE 201/2021 vpPassed
Increasing unemployment insurance contributions for 2022
Unemployment insurance contributions for employees and employers will increase slightly from the start of 2022. The increase will secure the financing of unemployment benefits.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded1 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2016 vpPassed
Cutting the adult education allowance
The amount of the adult education allowance will be reduced and its maximum duration shortened. At the same time, funding for the employee allowance will be transferred entirely from the state to the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Nov 2016 · 1 vote131 jaa12 ei - HE 314/2018 vpLapsed
Road tax for heavy goods vehicles
A new time-based road tax will be introduced in Finland for heavy goods vehicles weighing over 12 tonnes. At the same time, vehicle tax on domestic lorries will be reduced so that their overall tax burden does not increase on average.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 312/2018 vpLapsed
Permitting surgery without round-the-clock emergency services
Hospital districts will be able to organise and purchase elective surgery also in units that do not have round-the-clock joint emergency services. Strict quality requirements related to patient safety and emergency preparedness will nevertheless be set for these operations.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 300/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming electronic client data processing
The processing of client data in health and social services will be reformed, and Kanta services will be expanded to cover social services as well. In healthcare, broad patient consent will be abandoned, and citizens will be given the opportunity to save their own wellbeing data in the national system.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 289/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring transport duties to regions
The transport duties and staff of the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) will be divided between the regions to be established, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the traffic control company. Regions will become responsible for regional road maintenance and public transport, but ownership of the highway network will remain with the state.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 240/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring rescue services to regions
Responsibility for organising rescue services will transfer from municipalities to regions from the beginning of 2021. At the same time, vocational qualification training in the rescue sector and the organisation of regional national defence courses will be centralised nationally at the Emergency Services Academy Finland.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 93/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring employment and business services to regions
Public employment and business services as well as business subsidies will be transferred from the central government to the regions to be established and restructured into growth services. At the same time, private service providers will be enabled to play a broader role in organising jobseekers' service processes.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 35/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring employment and business services to regions
Employment and economic development services and regional development tasks will be transferred from central government and regional councils to the new regions from the beginning of 2020. The services will transition to a multi-provider model where jobseekers and businesses can also choose services from private providers.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen, puhemiesneuvosto / Mäkisalo-Ropponen
104 jaa55 ei - HE 14/2018 vpLapsed
Regional duty transfers and new agency
Duties of the state and municipalities will be transferred to new self-governing regions and to the State Licensing and Supervisory Agency to be established. The reform brings together the licensing and supervisory duties of the current Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira and the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a single agency.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 200/2016 vpPassed
Accession to the Paris Agreement
Finland commits to the international Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to limit the increase in global temperature to well below two degrees. The agreement obliges the parties to set and tighten their emission reduction targets every five years.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded26 Oct 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 157/2021 vpPassed
Designating an EU cybersecurity coordination centre
The National Cyber Security Centre at Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will be designated as Finland's national coordination centre for EU cybersecurity. The centre will bring together companies, researchers and authorities in the sector to cooperate and support them in making use of EU funding and projects.
Joakim Vigelius: No vote recorded10 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote