Discussed at the beginning of November, the option of holding an extraordinary meeting of European finance ministers at the end of the month to forge a compromise on the reform of the European Union’s fiscal rules has finally been abandoned (see EUROPE B13289A1).
The Spanish Presidency of the EU Council has now invited the ministers to a dinner on Thursday 7 December, on the eve of the Ecofin Council, announced as a decision-making meeting.
The Spanish authorities have begun circulating...