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.

[4] Katainen was replaced by Alexander Stubb as chairman of the National Coalition Party and thus chosen to be the next prime minister.

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.