EU Commissioner in charge of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia (L) fixes the tie of Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) under the sight of Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance Elena Salgado (R) before the group photo of ministers of Finance during the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met on today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

EU Commissioner in charge of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia (L) fixes the tie of Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) under the sight of Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance Elena Salgado (R) before the group photo of ministers of Finance during the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met on today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.

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  1. Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti arrives at the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at IMF headquarters in Washington in an April 25, 2009 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax.
  2. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti (L) attend a news conference in Rome in an October 8, 2008 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax.
  3. Italan Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) arrives late to pose for a family picture with European Ministers of Finance during the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen on October 1, 2009 in Gothenburg. European countries met on today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  4. Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Giulio Tremonti (R) speaks with Luc Frieden (L), Luxembourg's Minister of the Treasury, following a family photo after the Eurogroup working session alongside the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  5. EU Commissioner in charge of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia (L) fixes the tie of Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) under the sight of Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance Elena Salgado (R) before the group photo of ministers of Finance during the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met on today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  6. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (L) talks with Italian counterpart Giulio Tremonti (R) at the start of an Eurogroup finance meeting at the EU Council in Brussels December 1, 2009.
  7. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet (L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (R) at the start of an Eurogroup finance ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels December 1, 2009.
  8. Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti attends a signing of government and commercial agreements between Italy and Turkmenistan at the Chigi Palace in Rome November 25, 2009. Italian oil and gas group Eni is interested in a project to build a pipeline carrying gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to India and Pakistan though not right now, Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said.
  9. Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti attends a signing of government and commercial agreements between Italy and Turkmenistan at the Chigi Palace in Rome November 25, 2009. Italian oil and gas group Eni is interested in a project to build a pipeline carrying gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to India and Pakistan though not right now, Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said.
  10. Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti attends a signing of government and commercial agreements between Italy and Turkmenistan at the Chigi Palace in Rome November 25, 2009. Italian oil and gas group Eni is interested in a project to build a pipeline carrying gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to India and Pakistan though not right now, Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said.
  11. Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti (L) and Eni's Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni (R) speak during a meeting between Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the Chigi Palace in Rome November 25, 2009. Italian oil and gas group Eni is interested in a project to build a pipeline carrying gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to India and Pakistan though not right now, Scaroni said.
  12. ROME - NOVEMBER 25: Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Giulio Tremonti attends a meeting with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov, in Palazzo Chigi, on November 25, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov is on an official visit to Italy, with the aim to broker commercial agreements between the two countries.
  13. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (back L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (back R) as Luxembourg Finance minister Luc Frieden (R) talks with a diplomat on November 10, 2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  14. Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado (R) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (L), European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt (2nd L) and Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (2nd R) on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  15. European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet (L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti on November 10,2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  16. European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia (L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti on November 10, 2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

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