Federal Councillor Burkhalter at Meeting of the EU and EFTA Economics and Finance Ministers

Tomorrow, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter will take part in the meeting of the EU Council of Economics and Finance Ministers (Ecofin) and the Economics Ministers of the EFTA States to be held in Brussels. This so-called “Joint Ecofin” Council takes place every year in November. 

This year’s meeting of the “Joint Ecofin” Council will focus on the current situation of the financial market as well as on measures for its stabilisation with a view to future growth. In this connection, Federal Councillor Burkhalter will present an analysis of the situation of the financial market from the Swiss point of view along with his comments on the planned regulation of the financial market.

The Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) will be representing the Federal Council at this informal event. Swiss President and Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, who is responsible for the dossier, will be detained in Bern for meetings with two parliamentary committees.

Further information
Jean-Marc Crevoisier, Information FDFA, Tel. +41 79 763 84 10
Daniel Klingele, Swiss Mission to the EU in Brussels, tel. +32 2 28 61329

Address for enquiries:

Information FDFA
Bundeshaus West
CH-3003 Bern
Tel.: +41 58 462 31 53
Fax: +41 58 464 90 47
E-Mail: info@eda.admin.ch

Publisher:

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs