Ireland's Department of Finance announces Minister Donohoe will chair April Eurogroup and attend Informal ECOFIN in Warsaw

Ireland's Department of Finance published an agenda note confirming that Minister for Finance and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe will travel to Warsaw to chair the Eurogroup and participate in the Informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. The programme is framed around discussion of current economic developments, fiscal conditions and euro area policy coordination amid heightened global volatility. At the Eurogroup, ministers are set to prepare for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Spring Meetings through discussions on exchange rate and inflation trends, followed by an “inclusive format” exchange on global economic prospects, fiscal developments and euro area coordination with input from European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Chair Aurore Lalucq. The session also includes a debrief from the March Euro Summit. The Informal ECOFIN is scheduled to open with a working lunch on the macroeconomic consequences of trade for the European Union, followed by a joint session with central bank governors on the competitiveness of European financial markets and their role in supporting investment, with emphasis on the Savings and Investments Union. A further session is planned on security and defence financing, steered by a Bruegel note on strengthening Europe’s defence capabilities.