Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will be present at the Eurogroup meeting of Eurozone finance ministers on December 9. This is a significant development in the Labour government's efforts to strengthen cooperation with the European Union.
Reeves will be the first UK chancellor to participate in the Eurogroup since the country left the EU in 2020. Although the UK has never been a member of the Eurozone, previous chancellors attended broader EU economic and finance minister meetings while the UK was part of the bloc.
Reeves' attendance demonstrates a renewed commitment to engaging in European financial discussions and building closer ties after Brexit.