EU Finance Minister (Communication)

The EU Finance Minister will not be given greater decision-making power than the present office holders. The extent to which he will be able, particularly as a result of the merger of offices, to improve procedures and remove the current deficits in coordination and monitoring, therefore depends primarily on his political skill. With a politically skilful EU Finance Minister, the balance of power between the Commission and the eurozone countries would also shift in favour of the Commission. It is therefore unlikely that the eurozone countries will agree to the Commission’s proposal.