{"id":540480,"date":"2026-07-09T05:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540480\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:52:08","slug":"tanaiste-to-attend-meeting-of-eu-finance-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540480\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e1naiste to attend meeting of EU finance ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\u00e1naiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris will travel to Brussels today for a two-day meeting of EU finance and economy ministers.<\/p>\n

During the trip, Mr Harris will chair the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) for the first time as part of Ireland’s EU Presidency.<\/p>\n

The T\u00e1naiste will hold a bilateral meeting this evening with Head of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol.<\/p>\n

Finance ministers will also discuss the energy crisis caused by the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

It comes after US President Donald Trump said an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was “over”.<\/a><\/p>\n

During Ecofin, Mr Harris will present the priorities of Ireland\u2019s EU Presidency.<\/p>\n

A pillar of the EU\u2019s Savings and Investments Union, called the Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP), will also be on the agenda.<\/p>\n

The package aims to make it easier for businesses to access finances and to strengthen the EU\u2019s long-term competitiveness and financial resilience.<\/p>\n

It is hoped that an agreement on the package will be reached at the October Ecofin meeting.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the meetings, Mr Harris said Ireland has a “rare opportunity” to “help shape the European agenda at a time of significant geopolitical and economic change”.<\/p>\n

“We have set clear priorities for the next six months, and I will work closely with my European colleagues to deliver on our shared commitments,” he said.<\/p>\n

The T\u00e1naiste said Ireland is “determined to broker agreement” on the MISP.<\/p>\n

“Reaching agreement on this package will help deepen Europe\u2019s capital markets, support investment and innovation, strengthen competitiveness, and deliver tangible benefits for citizens and businesses across the European Union,” said Mr Harris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T\u00e1naiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris will travel to Brussels today for a two-day meeting of EU…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-540480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}