On Thursday, 7 December, euro area finance ministers adopted the European Commission’s assessment of the draft budgetary plans for 2024 (see EUROPE B13297A16).
Noting that the budget proposals submitted by Belgium, Finland, France, and Croatia risk not being in line with the recommendations they received from the EU Council with regard to controlling the growth of net budget expenditure, the Eurogroup asks that these four countries consider taking steps to address the identified...