Economic Dialogue and Exchange of Views with the President of the Council (ECOFIN)

Briefing 18-01-2019

Eugen Orlando TEODOROVICI, Minister of Public Finance, is participating in the ECON Committee in his capacity of President of the ECOFIN Council during the Romanian Presidency (January - July 2019). According to the Treaty of the Union “Member States shall regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate them within the Council”. This briefing provides an overview of the Romanian Presidency priorities in ECON matters and the Council work programme on the European Semester for economic coordination during spring 2019. Reference is also made to further reading relating to the state-of-play on the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure under the European Semester.