Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Prime Minister of Finland Juha Sipilä held a working dinner to discuss the Finnish Presidency as part of a tour of member states before taking up the Presidency of the Council of the European Union next July 2019. The dinner was held at Villa Francia, in Lija. 

The Prime Minister of Finland discussed the priorities of the upcoming presidency with his Maltese counterpart.

The discussions then focused on the multi-annual financial framework, the conclusion of the legislative files on a plan for long-term migration, the situation in Libya and the Mediterranean, as well as climate change and the use of technology, all of which are set to be priorities for the Finnish presidency.