Eurogroup Ministers Meeting

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JANUARY 20, 2020 : (L to R) President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde is talking with the Cypriot Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides, the Portuguese Finance Minister, President of the group Mario Centeno, the EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, the Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Blumel and the German Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz prior an Eurogroup Ministers meeting in the Jusuts Lipsius, the European Union Council headquarter on January 20, 2010, in Brussels, Belgium. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will present the main findings of its euro area Article IV interim mission. he Eurogroup will discuss the updated draft budgetary plan of Portugal for 2020, on the basis of a Commission opinion. The outcome is expected to be reflected in a Eurogroup statement. The Commission will present its proposal for the draft recommendation on the economic policy of euro area for 2020, published on 17 December. Ministers will have a first exchange of views on the proposal. The Council addresses annual recommendations on economic policy to the euro area as part of the European Semester. From 2017 until 2019, Gernot Bluemel was the Chancellery's Minister for European Affairs, Art, Culture and Media. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)