Eurogroup meeting, 6 November 2017

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Publication Date 06/11/2017
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In the margins of the meeting, media sources reported on the frontrunners to replace Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the Eurogroup President from January 2018.

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
+ Eurogroup meeting, 10 July 2017
+ Eurogroup meeting, 15 September 2017
+ Eurogroup meeting, 9 October 2017

A meeting of the Eurogroup was held on 6 November 2017. This meeting comprised a regular part with the Eurozone finance ministers and an inclusive part with the EU27 member states. The agenda includes the following topics:

Regular Eurogroup

+ Presentation on ECB banking supervision activities and on the SRB's activities;

+ Exchange of views on practices related to public investment in human capital, and more concretely, efficient spending on education systems.

Inclusive Eurogroup

+ Discussion on the possible steps towards the completion of the banking union, including a presentation by the European Commission of a related Communication;

+ Exchange of views on the future fiscal governance in the Euro area, including issues related to fiscal rules and ideas related to possible new euro area fiscal policy instruments.

Source Link http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/eurogroup/2017/11/06/
Related Links
Eurogroup: Remarks by J.Dijsselbloem following the Eurogroup meeting of 6 November 2017 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/11/06/remarks-by-jdijsselbloem-following-the-eurogroup-meeting-of-6-november-2017/
EurActiv, 07.11.17: EU finance chiefs thrash out post-Brexit future http://www.euractiv.com/section/economic-governance/news/eu-finance-chiefs-thrash-out-post-brexit-future/
Reuters, 06.11.17: Euro zone states support ECB plan on bad loans: EU's Dijsselbloem https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1D62OY
European Commission: DG Communication: SPEECH/17/4406, 06.11.17: Commissioner Moscovici's introductory remarks at the Eurogroup press conference http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-17-4406_en.htm
EurActiv, 06.11.17: Britain frozen out as EU finance chiefs plot future http://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/britain-frozen-out-as-eu-finance-chiefs-plot-future/

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