Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 12 February 2019

Summary:

A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 12 February 2019. The agenda includes the following items:

• Adoption of general approach on proposal reviewing the functioning the European system of financial supervision;
• Exchange of views on the European Commission's Communication 'Towards a more efficient and democratic decision making in EU tax policy';
• Adoption of Recommendation on the nomination of a new member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board;
• Adoption of conclusions on the European Commission's Fiscal Sustainability Report for 2018;
• Adoption of guidelines ahead of the discussions relating to the annual EU budget for 2020;
• Adoption of Recommendation on a discharge to the European Commission for implementation of the 2017 EU budget.

• Primary Source

Official

European Commission: Remarks by Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference, 12 February 2019 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-19-1056_en.htm

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