Eurogroup Ministers Meeting

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JANUARY 15: (L to R) Slovenian Finance Minister, Klemen Bostjancic is talking with the Finnish Permanent Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Finance Leena Morttinen, the Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Medina Maciel Almeida Correia, the Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, President of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe, the Dutch Minister of Finance, Steven van Weyenberg and the EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni prior an Eurogroup in the Europa building, the EU Council headquarter on January 15, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Ministers will discuss the draft recommendations on the economic policy of the euro area for 2024, ahead of their approval at the ECOFIN Council meeting of 16 January. Based on Commission proposals, the Council addresses annual recommendations on economic policy to the euro area as a whole within the European Semester. The recommendations are first discussed in the Eurogroup and formally adopted by the Council after endorsement by the European Council.(Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)