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Fifteen EU countries currently use the euro, with Slovakia expected to join the eurozone next year. (Photo: European Community)

Belgian finance minister eyes eurogroup presidency

Belgian finance minister Didier Reynders could succeed Luxembourg's premier Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the eurogroup – the club of EU countries using the euro - according to press reports.

Mr Reynders told French daily Le Monde he would do it "gladly, provided that there is a consensus on my name," the paper reported on Wednesday (4 June).

The Belgian minister has had a seat in the eurogroup almost as long as that of Mr Juncker himself, and is reported to have t...

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Fifteen EU countries currently use the euro, with Slovakia expected to join the eurozone next year. (Photo: European Community)

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