On Thursday 7 December, the euro area finance ministers countries will take stock of the budgetary situation in the euro area on the basis of the opinions on the 2024 draft budget plans issued by the European Commission at the end of November.
This discussion comes at a pivotal moment as the escape clause in the Stability and Growth Pact, activated in spring 2020 to deal with the emergency of the Covid-19 pandemic and then maintained to deal with the energy crisis in 2022, is due to expire...