Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 21 January 2020

Author (Corporate)	Council of the European Union
Publisher	General Secretariat of the Council
Publication Date	21/01/2020
Content Type	Overview, Policy-making
	Summary: A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council was held on 21 January 2020. The agenda includes the following items: Exchange of views on tax challenges from digitalisation, taking stock of work conducted in the context of the OECD; Discussion on the financial and economic aspects of the European Green Deal; Presentation by the European Commission of its Communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP); Presentation by the European Commission of its Autumn package of the annual 'European Semester' cycle.
Source Link	Primary Source https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/ecofin/2020/01/21/
Related Links	News BBC News, 21/01/2020: France agrees to delay new tax on tech giants https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51192369 Official Outcome of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 21 January 2020 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/42236/st05332-en20.pdf European Commission: Opening remarks of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference, 21 January 2020 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_20_99
Subject Categories	Economic and Financial Affairs
Subject Tags	Council of the European Union
Keywords	ECOFIN Meetings
International Organisations	European Union [EU]