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Mr Juncker was elected for a further 2.5 years as president of the eurogroup (Photo: Luxembourg EU Presidency)

Juncker wants more eurozone activism

Re-elected as president of the 16-member bloc of EU states that use the euro currency, Luxembourg's prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, spelled out his vision for the group at a meeting of finance ministers on Monday evening (18 January).

Previously an informal configuration, the EU's new rulebook - the Lisbon Treaty - gives legal status to the group of euro area finance ministers, setting it the goal of "ever closer co-ordination of economic policies within the euro area".

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Mr Juncker was elected for a further 2.5 years as president of the eurogroup (Photo: Luxembourg EU Presidency)

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