The Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, has retired in time to discount his candidacy for the presidency of the Eurogroup, the body that brings together the Ministers of Economy of the Eurozone ,. “The majority necessary to guarantee the success of the candidacy does not reach,” he confirmed.
“Therefore, in an exercise of responsibility, the minister has decided to step aside to favor an election based on consensus,” official sources of the Ministry of Economy reported just before the beginning of the meeting of Ministers of Economy and Finance of the Eurozone.
To take office, which disputed the current president of the Eurogroup, the Irish Paschal Donohoe, and the Minister of Lithuanian finance, Rimantas Sadzius, body needed the support of 11 of the 20 countries of the euro, when the Irishman already had seven insured, those of his block, the European Popular Party (PPE), with up to seven representatives.
