On June 22, the Parliament confirmed Katainen's election as the Prime Minister and President Tarja Halonen inaugurated the government.

[3] In June 2014 Katainen stepped down as party chairman and Prime Minister of Finland for a new position in the European Union.

This was linked to Greenpeace demonstrations against petroleum exploration in the Arctic by the Finnish state-owned firm Arctia and Gazprom Prirazlomnoye field in September 2013.

Upon its announcement, Helsingin Sanomat highlighted its main points as follows:[13] The gap between the top earners and those worst-off grew during the Katainen Cabinet.

The first citizens' initiative aimed to ban fur farming, but it was rejected on 19 June 2013 by a majority vote in the parliament.