DutchNews, December 15,
2017
Dutch senior civil servant Hans
Vijlbrief is to be the new chairman of the working group that prepares all the
meetings of the influential Eurogroup of European finance ministers.
This means
The Hague remains assured of a good flow of information when former Dutch
finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem stands down as chairman on January 13, the
Volkskrant reported on Friday.
The paper says Vijlbrief’s only challenger, Finland’s
Tuomas Saarenheimo, withdrew withdrawn his candidacy when it become clear
Vijlbrief had more support.
Vijlbrief’s appointment will be confirmed today and
the decision will be endorsed by the ministers of finance at a Eurogroup
meeting on January 22, the paper said.
On Monday evening, European finance
ministers voted Portugal’s Mario Centeno as new Eurogroup chairman to succeed
Dijsselbloem.
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