A decision on maintaining or lifting the freeze on the Stability and Growth Pact in 2022 will be taken “before the summer”, so that each country can prepare its draft budgets for next year, said Portuguese Finance Minister João Leão on Tuesday 16 February, after the Ecofin Council, confirming the comments made the day before by the President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe (see EUROPE B12658A2).
In the meantime, euro area Finance Ministers will discuss the economic situation and its...