Portugal backs the candidacy of Spanish Economy minister Nadia Calvino to head the Eurogroup, the country's Prime Minister Antonio Costa said in an interview on Sunday.
FILE PHOTO: Nadia Calvino, Minister for Economy and Business of Spain speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker in New York U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
“It would be very important for that position to remain in the socialist family. We have to agree among all, but of course Nadia Calviño meets all the conditions,” Costa told the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia She will stand against Irish centre-right minister Pascal Donohoe and his Luxembourg counterpart Pierre Gramegna, a socialist like Calvino.
The job of chairing the 19 euro zone finance ministers lasts for 2-1/2 years, a term that can be renewed.
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