Economic and Financial Affairs Council

Christos Staikouras in Brussels

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Christos Staikouras, is going to Brussels today, in order to participate in the Eurogroup meeting and a day later in the Ecofin meeting.

At tomorrow 's Eurogroup, Eurozone Finance Ministers will discuss the Eurozone' s fiscal course and prospects, focusing on next year.

Nazare: Recovery and Resilience Facility is best proof of EU's ability to deliver concrete, operational results

The Recovery and Resilience Facility is the best proof of the European Union's ability to learn from past lessons and deliver concrete and operational results despite the current crisis conditions," Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare told the meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on January 19, 2021.

Distance with creditors is closing

The difference between the estimates of the government and the eurozone on Greece's fiscal gap in 2020 is constantly shrinking, with government sources now speaking of a difference amounting to just 350 million euros, down from 1 billion euros when the mission chiefs concluded their visit to Greece last month.

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