Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 23 January 2018

Summary:

A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held on 23 January 2018. The agenda included the following items:

• Adoption of decision to update the EU's list on non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes;
• Discussion on measures to address Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) in the banking sector;
• Discussion on growth prospects and macroeconomic imbalances in the framework of the 2018 European Semester;
• Adoption of a Recommendation on the economic policies of the Eurozone;
• Discussion on the deepening of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU);
• Presentation by the Bulgarian Council Presidency of its priorities in relevant areas.

Official

European Commission: Remarks by Vice-President Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference (23 January 2018) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_18_398

General Secretariat of the Council: Outcome of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (23 January 2018) https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/32575/st05475-en18.pdf

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