The euro area Finance Ministers meeting on Thursday 7 November will focus on taking stock of several issues aimed at expanding the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), such as the completion of the banking union in the euro area and the reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), for the purpose of decisions expected in December.
The Eurogroup should first endorse the candidature of the German economist Isabel Schnabel, which was proposed by Berlin to replace Sabine Lautenschläger, the...