Economic Dialogue with the President of the Eurogroup – ECON on 7 December 2017

Mário Centeno, President of the Eurogroup since 13 January 2018, was invited by the ECON Committee of the European Parliament in February 2018 to a regular Economic Dialogue with the other EU Institutions under the European Semester Cycles, in particular, in accordance with Article 2ab of Regulation 1466/97 as amended.

This briefing provided an overview of the ongoing work of the Eurogroup as regards public finances, macro-economic imbalances, financial adjustment programmes and the banking union. As the President of the Eurogroup, Mr Centeno has also been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key source: The Eurogroup http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eurogroup/

European Parliament: Committees: ECON: Economic governance http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/econ/economic-governance.html?tab=Economic%20Dialogues

European Parliament: Multimedia Centre: Packages: Economic dialogue https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/bg/economic-dialogue_2701_pk

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