Eurogroup meeting, 10 July 2017

Formal meetings of the Eurozone group held in 2017:

+ Eurogroup meeting, 26 January 2017
+ Eurogroup meeting, 20 February 2017
+ Eurogroup meeting, 20 March 2017
+ Eurogroup meeting, 7 April 2017
+ Eurogroup meeting, 22 May 2017
+ Eurogroup meeting, 15 June 2017

A meeting of the Eurogroup was held on 10 July 2017. The agenda includes the following items:

+ Discussion on insolvency frameworks in the Eurozone, focusing on national supervisory practices and legal frameworks related to non-performing loans (NPLs);

+ Information on developments in the Euro area banking sector;

+ Information on the main findings of the 7th post-programme surveillance mission carried out in Ireland on 16-19 May;

+ Discussion on the Eurozone fiscal stance for the forthcoming year, aiming to help shaping the member states' draft budgetary plans and the Council's recommendation for the Euro area's economic policy;

+ Presentation of a EFB's report analysing the overall direction of fiscal policy in the Eurozone;

+ Exchange of views on the elements that are needed to deepen the Economic and Monetary Union, including their possible prioritisation, sequencing and bundling.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: SPEECH/17/1968, 10.07.17: Commissioner Moscovici's introductory remarks at the Eurogroup press conference http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-17-1968_en.htm

EUObserver, 11.07.17: Eurozone ministers look at 'lessons' to save banks https://euobserver.com/economic/138479

European Council: Press Release, 10.07.17: Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem following the Eurogroup meeting of 10 July 2017 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/07/10-eurogroup-jd-remarks/

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