The EU Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has published a briefing paper on the priorities of the ECOFIN Council under the Maltese presidency, which begin 1 January 2017. The priorities are set out as follows: The Maltese Presidency will: Carry forward the cycle of economic policy coordination in line with the revamped European Semester, including achieving a political agreement on the Structural Reform Support Programme Regulation; Discuss the future architecture of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), based on the Commission white paper (expected in March 2017); Continue to push forward the Action Plan on Capital Markets...