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

Author (Corporate)	Council of the European Union
Publisher	General Secretariat of the Council
Series Details	VTC-ECOFIN-160421
Publication Date	16/04/2021
Content Type	Overview
	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.
Source Link	Link to Main Source https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/ecofin/2021/04/16/
Related Links	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
Subject Categories	Economic and Financial Affairs
Subject Tags	Council of the European Union
Keywords	ECOFIN Meetings
International Organisations	European Union [EU]