Economic Dialogue with the President of the Eurogroup – ECON on 7 December 2017

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup, was invited by the ECON Committee of the European Parliament in December 2017 to a regular Economic Dialogue Economic Dialogue with the other EU Institutions under the European Semester Cycles, in particular, in accordance with Article 2ab of Regulation 1466/97 as amended.

This briefing provides an overview of the ongoing work of the Eurogroup as regards public finances, macro-economic imbalances, financial adjustment programmes and the banking union. Mr Dijsselbloem has been the Eurogroup President since January 2013. As the President of the Eurogroup, he was also chairing the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism. His mandate would end on 13 January 2018 when his successor Mário Centeno, Portugal’s Minister of Finance, would take office.

ESO: Background information: Structural Policies for Growth and Jobs: Best Practices, Benchmarking and the Role of the Eurogroup http://www.europeansources.info/record/structural-policies-for-growth-and-jobs-best-practices-benchmarking-and-the-role-of-the-eurogroup/

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