The Irish Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe, announced on Tuesday 18 November that he was resigning from his ministerial post and from his position as President of the Eurogroup, after agreeing to become number two at the Washington-based World Bank.
“The opportunity has now presented itself for me to further contribute to this [international] cooperation at a different level. I will soon be taking up the role of Managing Director (...) of the World Bank Group”, declared Mr Donohoe,...