Eurogroup Working Group

{{Short description|Advisory body to the European Union Eurogroup}}

Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) is an advisory body to the Eurogroup of the European Union. It is composed of representatives of the euro area member states of the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC), the European Commission and the European Central Bank. The President of the Eurogroup Working Group is Tuomas Saarenheimo, who entered the job in April 2020 and is also the President of the EFC.{{Cite press release |url = https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/02/17/eurogroup-tuomas-saarenheimo-appointed-president-of-the-eurogroup-working-group/ |title = Eurogroup: Tuomas Saarenheimo appointed President of the Eurogroup working group |date = 17 February 2020 |access-date = 14 March 2020 |website = European Council }} Previously, the posts had been held by Hans Vijlbrief and Thomas Wieser.Jim Brunsden and Mehreen Khan (December 14, 2017), [https://www.ft.com/content/78b158d6-21f8-30b2-a255-05ba0f692f0f Dutchman set to become new head of Eurogroup Working Group] Financial Times.

Formally the Eurogroup Working Group is a formation or a sub-group of the EFC. Gradually, the EWG "became a key venue for policy debates, reflecting the rise of the Eurogroup as the leading coordination forum of the euro area".