Dutch FinMin Jeroen Dijsselbloem appointed new Eurogroup head
BRUSSELS. January 22. KAZINFORM Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has been appointed as the new head of the Eurogroup, said a statement of the Eurogroup after a meeting of eurozone finance ministers late Monday.
The 46-year-old Dutch politician has succeeded Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg who had been heading the group for eight years and throughout the debt crisis, Kazinform has learnt from Xinhua
Despite the easing debt situation in the eurozone, Dijsselbloem said the single currency area must continue with economic reforms and stick to austerity measures.
"We now need to keep the momentum going, to ensure we retain the confidence we managed to regain in a lasting manner," he said in a letter to the Eurogroup before he was elected.
"Our focus needs to shift from crisis management to delivering and implementing sound medium-term policies," he added.