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Helsingin yliopisto

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The University of Helsinki is Finland’s largest and oldest academic institution.

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Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Nov 2025 · Tech sovereignty

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2025 · University of Helsinki's innovation activity

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and Turun yliopisto and Åbo Akademi University

15 Oct 2025 · Technology and Democracy – Europe’s Response to Authoritarian Threats

Response to 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU

16 Sept 2025

European company law resembles the United States. Several states offer an array of corporate forms for both private and public firms, from for-profit companies to not-for-profit companies, cooperatives, associations and foundations. There is however obstacles in the internal market to free movement of undertakings, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), that prevent a healthy company law competition between the Member States for a competitive business form for all business models, would it be an innovative company, a steward-ownership company, a cooperative or a social enterprise. Member States create unnecessary administrative burdens with complicated processes to formate, structure and operate an enterprise. All Member States do not accept efficient digital formation, and many corporate laws are complicated. We need more pressure to Member States to simplify their corporate law. EU harmonization should be kept in the minimum, and the Company Law Directive should be critically scrutinized, and even its repeal should be considered. Instead of the 28th regime, we should encourage the Member States to compete with the best possible legislation. As in the United States, model laws could be one driver to this as the European Model Company Act (EMCA). A 28th regime corporate form might make more bad than good, if it ignores the lively ecosystem of European business forms, especially cooperatives. On the other hand, specific 28th regime corporate forms for all kind of enterprises might be even worse, with an array of for-profit companies, not-for-profit companies, cooperatives, foundations, social enterprises, name it. What we need is knowledge of the possibilities all Member States can offer to businesses and people, possibility to use them cross-border, and transfer them from a Member State to a Member State. I should use a German steward-ownership company easily to my business in Finland, without any administrative obstacles, including language barriers. This does not mean however, that there could not be local laws for local areas, for instance special economic zones used as sandbox for minimum regulation.
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Meeting with Anniina Iskanius (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen), Antti Timonen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

5 Sept 2025 · An exchange of views on science and innovation policies, R&D and MFF proposal.

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2025 · Ajankohtaisasiat ja monivuotinen rahoituskehys

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

19 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on science and innovation policies, R&D

Meeting with Maria Ohisalo (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · Science Politics and Research

Meeting with Anniina Iskanius (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

12 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on public libraries, especially in the view of research.

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2024 · Research and Innovation policy, Horizon Europe

Meeting with Jussi Saramo (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Nov 2024 · Tutkimus- ja kehityspolitiikka

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Sept 2024 · Research and innovation

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Sept 2024 · Research policy

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament) and Oulun yliopisto

27 Nov 2023 · Current topics of education and research

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

24 Oct 2023 · Medicinal products for human use

Meeting with Alviina Alametsä (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Oct 2022 · The role of social sciences and liberal arts in the framework of European research and innovation policies

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2022 · R&I

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK

3 Mar 2022 · Event on AI Act

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and Helsinki EU Office

25 Nov 2021 · Africa and cooperation on higher education.

Meeting with Arto Virtanen (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen), Olai Voionmaa (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and Reaktor Group

6 Oct 2021 · Digitalisation in Africa, AI

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

20 Jan 2021 · Biodiversity and the preparation of the EU Forest Strategy