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ECOFIN Brussels, 12 March 2019 PARTICIPANTS Belgium: Mr Alexander DE CROO Minister for Finance Bulgaria: Mr Vladislav GORANOV Minister for Finance Czech Republic: Ms Alena SCHILLEROVÁ Minister for Finance Denmark: Mr Kristian JENSEN Minister for Finance Germany: Mr Olaf SCHOLZ Federal Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Finance Estonia: Mr Toomas TÕNISTE Minister for Finance Ireland: Mr Paschal DONOHOE Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Greece: Mr Euclid TSAKALOTOS Minister for Finance Spain: Ms Nadia CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA Minister for the Economy and Enterprise France: Mr Bruno LE MAIRE Minister for the Economy and Finance Croatia: Mr Zdravko MARIĆ Minister of Finance Italy: Mr Giovanni TRIA Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance Cyprus: Ms Olympia NEOCLEOUS Deputy Permanent Representative Latvia: Ms Sanita PAVĻUTA-DESLANDES Permanent Representative Lithuania: Mr Vilius ŠAPOKA Minister for Finance Luxembourg: Mr Pierre GRAMEGNA Minister for Finance Hungary: Mr Mihály VARGA Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Malta: Mr Edward SCICLUNA Minister for Finance Netherlands: Mr Wopke HOEKSTRA Minister for Finance Austria: Mr Hartwig LÖGER Federal Minister for Finance Poland: Ms Teresa CZERWIŃSKA Minister for Finance Portugal: Mr Mario CENTENO Minister for Finance Romania: Mr Eugen Orlando TEODOROVICI Minister for Public Finance Slovenia: Mr Janez LENARČIČ Permanent Representative Slovakia: Mr Peter PALUŠ Head of the Financial Unit at the Permanent Representation and EFC/EWG member Finland: Mr Petteri ORPO Minister for Finance Sweden: Ms Magdalena ANDERSSON Minister for Finance United Kingdom: Mr Mark Bowman Director General International Finance Commission: Mr Valdis DOMBROVSKIS Vice-President Mr Pierre MOSCOVICI Member Other participants: Mr Werner HOYER President of the European Investment Bank Mr Luis DE GUINDOS Vice-President of the European Central Bank .

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