EU EcoFin Ministers Meeting

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JANUARY 20: (L-R) German State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance European policy, international financial policy and financial market policy Jeanette Schwamberger talks with the Slovenian State Secretary responsible for Fiscal Policy, Budgetary and Public Accounting Sasa Badger , the Austrian Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer and the Croatian Minister of Finance Marko Primorac prior the start of an EU EcoFin ministers meeting in the Europa Building on January 20, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the EcoFin Council meeting will adopt conclusions on the 2026 AlertMechanism Report, triggering the European semester's macroeconomic imbalance procedure, and launch an excessive deficit procedure for Finland, while also discussing eurozone priorities such as the 2026 EU budget and ECB vicepresidency candidates. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)