Minister Backes will spend both Monday and Tuesday meeting with other EU Finance Ministers during the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) and a gathering of the Eurogroup.

Both meetings will be held in Luxembourg and will focus on the repercussions from the war in Ukraine.

On Monday, 27 EU Finance Ministers are thus expected to discuss the macroeconomic perspectives of the Eurozone. On Tuesday, they will address the implementation of a global tax rate of 15% for multinational corporations.