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Images of the roundtable meeting of EU finance ministers who are meeting discuss energy prices and fiscal policy. IMAGES
EU finance ministers meet in Luxembourg for the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN), as Europe finds itself in the midst of an energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Eurozone finance ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss the surge in energy prices. Europe is struggling with historically high prices as it faces an early autumn cold snap and a coming winter almost certainly to be endured without crucial Russian gas supplies because of the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, assisted by his Agriculture colleague Marc Fesneau, receive officials from the French Banking Federation (FBF) at Economy and Finance Ministry following Emmanuel Macron's announcements to support farmers' cash flow. IMAGES
A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization kicks off in Brussels, with the US-led defence alliance's foreign ministers set to discuss NATO's ongoing backing for Ukraine against Russia amid doubts over US support and a bloody stalemate on the ground. There are fears that a lack of adequate support from the West -- at a time that it is distracted by the Israel-Hamas war -- could end up forcing Kyiv to seek a compromise with Russian President Vladimir Putin from a position of weakness. IMAGES
European ministers from the 27 Member States are meeting in Luxembourg for an ECOFIN meeting. On the agenda: taxation and VAT, financial services, and the economic and financial impact of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. IMAGES