Eurogroup statement on the draft budgetary plans for 2017

The Eurogroup discussed on 5 December 2016 the draft budgets of Euro area member states, based on the European Commission's opinion on those plans. It also discussed the budgetary issues for the euro area as a whole.

• Primary Source

Reuters, 05.12.16: Eurogroup nudges Germany on budget expansion: statement http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-budgets-eurogroup-germany-idUSKBN13U1O3

EurActiv, 05.12.16: Eurogroup ignores Commission’s expansionary fiscal target http://www.euractiv.com/section/euro-finance/news/eurogroup-ignores-commissions-expansionary-fiscal-target/

ESO: Background information: Key Features of 2017 Draft Budgetary Plans http://www.europeansources.info/record/key-features-of-2017-draft-budgetary-plans/

Irish Times, 05.12.16: Give Ireland more budget flexibility, Noonan urges euro group http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/give-ireland-more-budget-flexibility-noonan-urges-euro-group-1.2894232

Eurogroup: Press Release, 27.01.17: Eurogroup Statement on the updated Draft Budgetary Plans for 2017 of Spain and Lithuania http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/01/26-eurogroup-statement-spain-lithuania/

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