EU states ‘close to the finish line’ on • Table.Briefings

Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Pierre Gramegna, Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in conversation before the meeting of the Eurogroup finance ministers.

The latest meeting of EU finance ministers has also failed to produce an agreement. The future of the Stability Pact is still under discussion. Nevertheless, there is now 92 percent agreement, says Christian Lindner.

The EU finance ministers have made further progress in the latest negotiations on the new European debt rules, but it was not enough for a breakthrough. Following a special Ecofin meeting, the current Council President, the Spanish Minister for Economic Affairs Nadia Calviño, stated they were „close to the finish line.“

EU states ‘close to the finish line’ on European debt rules

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