ECOFIN Council - February 2013

	Story Title Story Description	ECOFIN Council - February 2013 The ECOFIN Council takes place on 12 February 2013, in Brussels, under the Irish presidency.
	Video Title Video Description	Roundtable Extracts from the roundtable of the ECOFIN Council on 12 February 2013, in Brussels.

Reference	98512	Video infos	Mpg4 / PAL - 16:9	Duration	00:05:33	Type	News package
Shooting Date	12-02-2013	Country	Belgium	Town	Brussels

Background	The Council is due to adopt conclusions on - its priorities concerning the 2014 budget of the EU, which will serve as guidelines for the subsequent budgetary procedure; - the Annual Growth Survey for 2013, in the context of the European Semester. The Commission’s survey outlines priority actions to be taken by member states in order to ensure better-coordinated and more effective policies for fostering sustainable economic growth; - the Alert Mechanism Report 2013, in the framework of the regulation on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, which is a early warning system for member states where the Commission considers, following an in-depth analysis, that imbalances exist or risks are emerging; - the Fiscal Sustainability Report 2012, published by the Commission in December 2012, which sets out long-term projections for different categories of spending and revenue, analyses the public sector’s balance sheet and reports different indicators of long-term sustainability. The Council, on the basis of a report from the Court of Auditors, is expected to approve a recommendation, which will be forwarded to the European Parliament, on the discharge to be given to the Commission for implementation of the EU’s general budget for 2011. Furthermore, the Council is expected to endorse EU terms of reference in preparation for the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, which will be held in Moscow on 15-16 February 2013. The terms of reference contain common positions for both the EU institutions and EU member states on the various issues on the agenda.

Background

The Council is due to adopt conclusions on
- its priorities concerning the 2014 budget of the EU, which will serve as guidelines for the subsequent budgetary procedure;
- the Annual Growth Survey for 2013, in the context of the European Semester. The Commission’s survey outlines priority actions to be taken by member states in order to ensure better-coordinated and more effective policies for fostering sustainable economic growth;
- the Alert Mechanism Report 2013, in the framework of the regulation on the
prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, which is a early warning system for member states where the Commission considers, following an in-depth analysis, that imbalances exist or risks are emerging;
- the Fiscal Sustainability Report 2012, published by the Commission in December 2012, which sets out long-term projections for different categories of spending and revenue, analyses the public sector’s balance sheet and reports different indicators of long-term sustainability.
The Council, on the basis of a report from the Court of Auditors, is expected to approve a recommendation, which will be forwarded to the European Parliament, on the discharge to be given to the Commission for implementation of the EU’s general budget for 2011. Furthermore, the Council is expected to endorse EU terms of reference in preparation for the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, which will be held in Moscow on 15-16 February 2013. The terms of reference contain common positions for both the EU institutions and EU member states on the various issues on the agenda.

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00:00:01		General view Keywords : ECOFIN Duration : 00:00:03
00:00:04		Slavko LINIC, Minister of Finance of Croatia Keywords : Linic Duration : 00:00:07
00:00:11		Steven VANACKERE, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Sustainable Development of Belgium Keywords : Vanackere Duration : 00:00:08
00:00:19		Slavko LINIC, Minister of Finance of Croatia Duration : 00:00:14
00:00:33		General view Duration : 00:00:07
00:00:40		Jeroen DIJSSELBLOEM, Minister of Finance of The Netherlands Keywords : Dijsselbloem Duration : 00:00:09
00:00:49		Anders BORG, Minister for Finance of Sweden Keywords : Borg Duration : 00:00:11
00:01:00		Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland Keywords : Noonan Duration : 00:00:09
00:01:09		Margrethe VESTAGER, Minister for Economics and the Interior of Denmark; Jeroen DIJSSELBLOEM, Minister of Finance of The Netherlands Keywords : Vestager Duration : 00:00:10
00:01:19		Margrethe VESTAGER, Minister for Economics and the Interior of Denmark; Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland Duration : 00:00:10
00:01:29		Vasos SHIARLY, Minister of Finance of Cyprus Keywords : Shiarly Duration : 00:00:09
00:01:38		Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:14
00:01:52		General view Duration : 00:00:05
00:01:57		George OSBORNE, Minister of the Exchequer of United Kingdom; Margrethe VESTAGER, Minister for Economics and the Interior of Denmark Keywords : Osborne Duration : 00:00:11
00:02:08		Jeroen DIJSSELBLOEM, Minister of Finance of The Netherlands; George OSBORNE, Minister of the Exchequer of United Kingdom; Margrethe VESTAGER, Minister for Economics and the Interior of Denmark; Anders BORG, Minister for Finance of Sweden Duration : 00:00:03
00:02:11		Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of France; Michel BARNIER, European Commissioner of Internal Market and Services (2 shots) Keywords : Barnier \| Moscovici Duration : 00:00:14
00:02:25		Cutaway Duration : 00:00:02
00:02:27		Michel BARNIER, European Commissioner of Internal Market and Services Duration : 00:00:06
00:02:33		Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of France Duration : 00:00:07
00:02:40		Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of France; Michel BARNIER, European Commissioner of Internal Market and Services (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:16
00:02:56		Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of France; Margrethe VESTAGER, Minister for Economics and the Interior of Denmark; Anders BORG, Minister for Finance of Sweden Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:01		Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland Duration : 00:00:04
00:03:05		Maria FEKTER, Federal Minister for Finance of Austria Keywords : Fekter Duration : 00:00:11
00:03:16		Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland; George OSBORNE, Minister of the Exchequer of United Kingdom (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:30
00:03:46		Wolfgang SCHÄUBLE, Federal Minister for Finance of Germany; Margrethe VESTAGER, Minister for Economics and the Interior of Denmark (3 shots) Keywords : Schäuble Duration : 00:00:13
00:03:59		Michel BARNIER, European Commissioner of Internal Market and Services; Olli REHN, European Commissioner in charge of Economic and Monetary Affairs Keywords : Rehn Duration : 00:00:09
00:04:08		Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of France; Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland Duration : 00:00:14
00:04:22		Jutta Pauliina URPILAINEN, Minister for Finance of Finland Keywords : Urpilainen Duration : 00:00:03
00:04:25		Anders BORG, Minister for Finance of Sweden; Vítor GASPAR, Minister for Finance of Portugal; Jutta Pauliina URPILAINEN, Minister for Finance of Finland Keywords : Gaspar Duration : 00:00:05
00:04:30		Jutta Pauliina URPILAINEN, Minister for Finance of Finland Duration : 00:00:07
00:04:37		Anders BORG, Minister for Finance of Sweden; Vítor GASPAR, Minister for Finance of Portugal Duration : 00:00:06
00:04:43		Wolfgang SCHÄUBLE, Federal Minister for Finance of Germany; Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland Duration : 00:00:07
00:04:50		Tonio FENECH, Minister for Finance, Economy and Investment of Malta; Jeroen DIJSSELBLOEM, Minister of Finance of The Netherlands Keywords : Fenech Duration : 00:00:06
00:04:56		Margrethe VESTAGER, Minister for Economics and the Interior of Denmark; Luc FRIEDEN, Minister for Finance of Luxembourg Keywords : Frieden Duration : 00:00:07
00:05:03		Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of France; Wolfgang SCHÄUBLE, Federal Minister for Finance of Germany Duration : 00:00:07
00:05:10		Michael NOONAN, Minister for Finance of Ireland Duration : 00:00:10
00:05:20		Steven VANACKERE, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Sustainable Development of Belgium; Luis DE GUINDOS, Minister of Economic Affairs and Competitiveness of Spain Keywords : De Guindos Duration : 00:00:02
00:05:22		General views (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:10
00:05:32		END Duration : 00:00:01

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ECOFIN Council - February 2013

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