Activites

• 2010/06/16 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    The House held a debate, following on the Commission statement, on the preparations for G20 Summit (26-27 June 2010).The debate was not followed by the adoption of a resolution.

• #3020
• 2010/06/08 Council Meeting
  • 3020 summary

    The Council agreed to submit terms of reference to the European Council with a view to preparation, at its meeting on 17 June, of the G-20 summit in Toronto on 26 and 27 June 2010.The Toronto summit will focus on recovery from the global economic and financial crisis and on implementation of commitments from previous G-20 summits, and will continue to lay the foundations for sustainable and balanced growth.Established in 1999 following the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the G-20 involved annual meetings of finance ministers and central bank governors until 2008. G-20 leaders met for the first time in Washington in November 2008 in order to develop a coordinated response to the global economic crisis. This was followed by summits in London in April 2009 and in Pittsburgh in September 2009, where the G-20 was designated as the premier forum for international economic cooperation.Over the course of the three summits, G-20 leaders agreed on measures to restore economic confidence and on actions to strengthen financial regulation. They also committed to reform international financial institutions, to promote trade and resist protectionism.

• #3015
• 2010/05/18 Council Meeting
  • 3015 summary

    The Council took stock of preparations for the meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors that is due to take place in Busan (South Korea) on 4 and 5 June 2010. It endorsed terms of reference setting out the EU position for the meeting.

Documents

• Debate in Council: 3015
• Debate in Council: 3020
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament

History

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