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Europe Customs union
For more than 50 years, the European customs union’s standardised system for the trade in goods has been ensuring that goods can circulate freely within the EU. No customs duties are charged on goods crossing internal EU borders, and EU countries charge uniform external tariffs.
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Europe Monetary union
Approximately 337 million people in 19 EU countries use the euro as legal tender. The single currency is the most far-reaching outcome of European integration to date and benefits citizens, companies and EU member states.
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Europe Economic union
The single market of the European Union is the world’s strongest economic area. Not only are EU citizens free to travel, live, study, work and shop in any member state, they can also do business and invest anywhere they like in the European Union.
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Europe Digital financial markets union
Many digital innovations happen in the area of financial markets and can provide real added value for citizens in their daily lives. As a digital financial markets union, the EU could promote the digital transformation of the financial sector and open up numerous opportunities for new business models and products.
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Europe Motto "Together for Europe's recovery"
A motto that is to become the joint programme.
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Europe The Möbius strip
A symbol of unity and connectedness.
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europe Olaf Scholz: Virtual keynote speech for the Frankfurt Finance Summit
In his virtual keynote address at the opening of the 2020 Frankfurt Finance Summit, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks about Germany's effective crisis support programme & emphasises the importance of a strong European response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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eurogroup Eurogroup statement on COVID-19 economic policy response
On 16 March 2020, the Eurogroup held a discussion with non-euro area members on how to respond to the extraordinary human and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. This discussion followed up on the video conference of 10 March 2020 between European Council members, the ECB President, the Eurogroup President and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
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europe Franco-German Ministerial Council: new roadmap on economic and financial cooperation
On 16 October 2019, Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz participated in the Franco-German Ministerial Council in Toulouse, France. The French and German ministries of finance and economic affairs agreed on a new roadmap on economic and financial issues, with a special focus on exploring bilateral cooperation and developing common positions at the EU level.
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financial_markets Developing the Capital Markets Union
Olaf Scholz, German Finance Minister, Wopke Hoekstra, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands and Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance of France, received the “Savings and Sustainable Investment Union” report by the Next Capital Markets Union High-Level Group on 9 October 2019. They thanked the Next CMU Group for their high-quality work and welcome the ambitious recommendations in a …