Informal video conference of economic and finance ministers, 16 April 2021

Summary:

EU Ministers responsible for financial and economic matters (ECOFIN) held an informal videoconference on 16 April 2021. The agenda included the following items:

• Briefing on the economic situation and outlook across the European Union:
  • Exchange of views on the economic and financial situation
  • Update from the European Commission on implementation of the Temporary Framework for State Aid
  • Update on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
  • Presentation on the Commission's Communication on the financing of the Next Generation EU
  • Briefing on the ratification of the Own Resources Decision
• Briefing on the implementation of the renewed action plan on the Capital Markets Union (CMU);
• Exchange of views on the future of the European financial architecture for development;
• Briefings on the outcome of the latest meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors;
• Update on the state of play regarding progress on legislative initiatives in the field of financial services.

• Primary Source

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for Informal video conference of economic and finance ministers, 16 April 2021 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/49200/210416_ecofinvtc_background_note_for_the_press_final.pdf

European Commission: Remarks by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis at the informal ECOFIN press conference (16 April 2021) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_21_1818

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