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Eurogroup
Sign in to saveThe Eurogroup is the recognised collective term for the informal meetings of the finance ministers of the eurozone—those member states of the European Union (EU) which have adopted the euro as their official currency. The group has 21 members. It exercises political control over the currency and related aspects of the EU's monetary union such as the Stability and Growth Pact.
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Organisation
- President
- Members
- Observers
- Legal basis
- Criticism against the Eurogroup
- Possible evolution of the governance of the Eurogroup
- Economic government for the Eurozone
- A Eurozone finance minister
- International Representation to the IMF and the G20
- Other controversies
- Lack of transparency
- The Cypriot banking crisis
- Jeroen Dijsselbloem's comments
- See also
- Note
- References
- External links
The Eurogroup is the recognised collective term for the informal meetings of the finance ministers of the eurozone—those member states of the European Union (EU) which have adopted the euro as their official currency. The group has 21 members. It exercises political control over the currency and related aspects of the EU's monetary union such as the Stability and Growth Pact.
The ministers meet in camera a day before a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) of the Council of the European Union. They communicate their decisions via press and document releases. The group is related to the Council of the European Union (only Eurogroup member states vote on issues relating to the euro in the ECOFIN) and was formalised under the Treaty of Lisbon.