ecofin - uem et semestre europeen

Les Ministres des Finances européens sont actuellement en pleine négociation de la future union bancaire. Si un accord de principe a été trouvé depuis plusieurs mois pour créer, en la personne de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE), un superviseur unique...

The Council discussed, on the basis of a note from the presidency ( doc. 15663/12 ), proposals aimed at establishing a single supervisory mechanism (SSM) for credit institutions in the eurozone and in other EU member states choosing to participate. Experts...

The Council took stock of developments regarding the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT) in a number of member states wishing to participate in an enhanced cooperation, and discussed how to proceed with the dossier. The Commission presented...

The Council adjusted its position in negotiations with the European Parliament on two draft regulations aimed at further improving economic governance in the euro area. The objective is to facilitate rapid agreement with the Parliament, so as to enable...

After the suspension of the Doha talks on a global round of trade liberalisation under the auspices of the WTO in 2006 many countries have turned to bilateral free trade agreements. So far the EU and USA, the two biggest trading countries, after China,have...

The Eurogroup welcomes the significant progress made towards a full staff level agreement between Greece and the Troika on updated programme conditionality, including a wide range of robust and necessary measures in the areas of fiscal consolidation,...